Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

This is where Rosario built herself up as a civic leader, where she made new connections, learned how to present her mission, and where she better understood her organization’s main goals. As the platform was evolving, and as she had seen a change in her community’s understanding of volunteerism, she applied to the YLAI Fellowship.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“I’m hopeful this movement puts pressure on business and civic leaders to see that restricting abortion access is not just a moral or social issue, it is an economic issue,” she told TechCrunch. Already, the reversal of Roe v. Wade is making waves throughout the startup and venture ecosystem.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

But, over the long-term, the company’s civic role becomes increasingly important. Of course, few startup founders will list becoming a tentpole, or even helping to renew their community, as among their top short-term goals. They’re rightly more focused on the company’s product, sales, and growth.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

But our conviction in the power and impact of ecosystem building is not shared by most people, especially those who are in positions of traditional power such as many civic leaders, business leaders, and traditional economic developers. We’re fighting to build a new civic infrastructure to expand entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2024

Another is through industry associations or civic groups such as Rotary or Lions Club or even SCORE, sponsored by the US Small Business Association (SBA). Some larger communities have organizations of corporate directors, composed of a combination of service providers and professional corporate directors.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Here’s why: The HQ2 search process galvanized cities to drive collaboration between universities, economic development groups, civic leaders, and startup ecosystem builders. have a net positive impact on the other 236 cities that didn’t make it to the finish line.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Tech accessibility is critical to social connection, professional proliferation and civic engagement. These are just a few of the incredible technological developments enhancing accessibility every day. That’s why we can’t stop now. Here are three ways we can harness those efforts today to build better technology for everyone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Jackie Jenkins-Scott is commited to improving society through active community and civic engagement. I hope the book will inspire the reader to explore and understand what tools are valuable for them in their own leadership journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Ibrahim argues the expanded program has the potential to make a lasting impact via a new embedded team of Google.org fellows who will work with nonprofits or civic organizations to build “tech solutions.”

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I didn’t see that level of community or civic engagement in the other places I had lived. What I saw was … that you couldn’t just ignore the fact that there really was a mandate to do well for your company, but, frankly, also to be involved in a meaningful way in the community,” Robinson says. “I other cities in the country.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

Warren Rustand’s version of leadership has always extended wholly into the civic realm. The ripple effects of GLA’s original vision for leadership development extended far beyond the boardroom: members learned how to be high-caliber leaders within their families, communities, and sociological environments at large.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

We convey a clear philosophy and process of bottom-up discovery for entrepreneurs, community builders, and civic leaders to apply as they navigate the inherent uncertainty of these systems.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We think that technology fundamentally changes this, allowing people to work near home and creating a new mixed environment of professional, civic, and cultural exchange.”. This has led to the hollowing out of many high streets during the working week, and equally redundant office districts.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 16, 2021

Arelene believes in civic duty and that it’s good to talk about what you care about in your country. This means that it’s not about claiming money and power for a few, but it can be about equality and helping everyone gain the dream of reaping a return on money and learning how to do it. Bad Founder? Good Company?

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Working closely with Gilbert and other business and civic leaders, Tincher remembers working 20-hour days to pull together the proposal in a few weeks to meet the application deadline. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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Founders Coop

MARCH 1, 2021

At the same time, the Bay Area’s dominance of startup culture has eroded, partly due to a recurring failure of civic leadership, accelerated by COVID and the shift to remote work. Every global tech leader has a footprint here, many employing thousands of developers locally, creating a vibrant and highly liquid talent market.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

It is currently installing a network of 50 or so devices in San Francisco, a project the company says is largely funded by Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, with support of “local civic groups such as SF Parks Alliance and the Slow Streets Mayors.”

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Founders Coop

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The leaders of those companies also become civic leaders who give back to our community, and they model the kind of pioneering courage that put our region on the map in the first place.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

He is active in nonprofit and civic engagement across Chicago and in 2018 he ran for mayor. Neal Sáles-Griffin: Managing girector of Techstars Chicago and a venture partner for MATH, Neal is an entrepreneur, investor and teacher. In 2011, he co-founded the first beginner-focused, in-person coding bootcamp.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall is an entrepreneur, civic leader, New York Times bestselling author and philanthropist. If we could turn this into a reality, the number of new entrepreneurs in America could skyrocket (or should I say, boom), along with the economy overall and especially the middle class.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Tiffany Chu: Code for America was super important for us, because it brought together a bunch of like-minded, civic-oriented people who basically raised their hands and said they’d take a pay cut from their typical mid-career tech jobs to pursue public service for a year. How important were these institutions?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We will continue growing impact enterprises that pioneer and scale solutions and create inclusive jobs, as well as invite large scale collaborations across the public, private and civic sectors to support the shift to the mainstream of these solutions and the inherent system change they call for.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Creating Startup Junkies is a great primer not just for ecosystem builders getting started in the field, but also for civic leaders, community leaders, and business leaders who aren’t familiar with entrepreneurship and ecosystem building as economic development.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 28, 2020

Because of this, participants must take a fundamentally different approach than is common in much of our civic and professional lives. Through these complex, emergent processes, the whole becomes greater and substantially different than what the parts alone could produce.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Facebook jail: Sarah reports that Meta will be reforming its penalty system based on the recommendations from the Oversight Board, the independent body of experts, academics, civic leaders and lawyers who now weigh in on appeals decisions made by Meta.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

There is a simple theory of change for civic, business, and community leaders to adopt. The research and evidence supporting the impact and value of startup community building is strong. The logic is simple and straightforward. Economic growth or expansion (or recovery) depends on business dynamism.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Interesting startups that our respondents mentioned include: CropSafe, SideQuest, Aflo, Material Evolution, Cloudsmith, LegitFit, Continually, Gratsi, 54 North Design, Animal Manager, Kairos Sports Tech, Budibase, Incisiv, Automated Intelligence, loyalBe, Konvi, Lane 44, Teamfeepay.com, Axial3D, Neurovalens, Payhere, and Civic Dollars.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Another is through industry associations or civic groups such as Rotary or Lions Club. One great source for coaches is among fellow members of a CEO roundtable organization, Young Presidents Organization or similar association where you are comfortable with the coach candidate and know something about his or her style.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 8, 2020

We led in collaboration with 25+ support and content partners 20+ events which showcased innovative non-profit, corporate, civic, and startup leaders. This past year’s event was attended by over 1,000 unique attendees, with attendees from across Minnesota and the country.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

But govtech and civic tech has a greater social impact than burger-flipping robots. Robots that can make salads and cheeseburgers are fascinating, which means they’re more likely to hog the headlines than companies making technology that optimizes governmental operations.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

STiR was created by the City of San Francisco in 2014 to partner with technology startups to develop innovative solutions to civic challenges. The application period runs through November 14. Pennsylvania is one of two state governments that have joined the program this year.

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StartupNation

MARCH 17, 2021

Furthermore, with the innovation 5G enables, we can transform industries like education and healthcare, job and skills training, civic engagement and even public services. Through early investments and targeted deployments, 5G can create value across local and national economies and contribute to economic stimulus.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Support for doing from leaders – whether it’s ESHIP or academics or Idaho civic leaders… goes so, so far. (3) How do we teach our fellow ecosystem builders how to be badass at understanding and managing stakeholders? How can we support you in your efforts? Freight cars full of cash? Even a modicum of funding helps.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 18, 2021

That has allowed me to allocate more time to things like building green buildings with the Gotham Gal, building a philanthropic organization with the Gotham Gal, sitting on non-profit and civic boards, and a few other things.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. She was a nurse but was never graduated from a 4-year college.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 19, 2020

Dozens of Oklahoma companies, civic organizations, universities, and our state through the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) united behind the competition and have been magnificent in their funding, scholarships, and support as advisors and judges.

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