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Future First: Finding Opportunity in Global Challenges

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Alice Mann’s latest book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers is an important read for any business leader or entrepreneur who wishes to embrace global challenges as innovation opportunities. Why did you write this book? This book tells their stories.

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LA-based SoLo Funds raises $10 million to offer an alternative to predatory payday lenders

TechCrunch

It’s a marketplace where borrowers can set the terms of their loan repayment and lenders can earn extra income while supporting folks who need the help. “Our default rate is about three times better than the industry average — which is the payday lending industry that we’re looking to disrupt,” Holoway said.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. Spellbound has gone from bootstrapped XR startup to award-winning company with a growing team.

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3 Initiatives Positively Impacting the Tourism Industry

Impact Hub

To raise awareness and inspire action, we have gathered 3 initiatives that are having a positive impact on the tourism industry and supporting the industry’s efforts to operate within planetary boundaries. The Tourism Innovation Academy: Supporting early-stage tourism startups.

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Newsletter: Ukraine crisis: We need new food tech

OurCrowd

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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Newsletter: Ukraine crisis: We need new food tech

OurCrowd

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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The 5 Types of Entrepreneurs You Need on Your Startup’s Team

StartupNation

We studied that very challenge while researching our new book, “The Entrepreneur’s Faces.” Ideas are the critical spark in the first stages of a startup: Ideas for a new product, for a disruptive service or engaging customer experience. We found that new ventures require radically different talents and skills.