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5 EO Australia Women Share How To Make Entrepreneurship More Inclusive

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, despite the marked increase in women’s engagement in entrepreneurial activity, there are still far more male than female entrepreneurs in most countries, and there is also a need for greater support and funding for women looking to start and scale their businesses. After all, you can only be what you can see.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve read hundreds of books over my entrepreneurial career, a large number of them biographies and autobiographies on famous entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Ray Croc, Howard Schultz and many others. Reading all these books had a powerful cumulative effect that helped reprogram me into an unreasonable thinker. Promoting Disruption.

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Global Entrepreneurship Congress Aims to Fuel Healthier Ecosystems

Angel Capital Association

This event will be preceded by the Global Entrepreneurship World Cup, which was launched in 2019 and has provided training and education for nearly 300,000 applicants. Please note that you do not need to make a decision to attend in person and book travel yet.

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Innovation Policy and the Economy: Some New Research

EntreWorks Consulting

The essay reviews various causal factors for this “spatial mismatch,” and addresses potential policy solutions, such as creation of new “entrepreneur friendly zones,” providing more education support to residents in distressed areas, targeting grants and research funds to these regions, and so on. EntreWorks Blog.

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African Startups Raising Investment to Further Drive Economic and Social Impact

Impact Hub

Meet some of the outstanding African entrepreneurs addressing challenges in sectors ranging from finance to healthcare to education and keep an eye out for the program’s Dealbook, where the full cohort will be featured. It is supported by a secure and trusted escrow infrastructure to handle payments anywhere in Africa.

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

The clearest mechanism for this support was wartime expenditures on research and development by the U.S. No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. This post summarizes the parts of his book that deal with U.S. government policy.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.