StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Iqra Ahmad founded her eCommerce business as a “dream to revive the forgotten threads of Kashmiri tradition and culture.” Image by pvproductions on Freepik Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Find free courses, mentorship, networking and grants created just for small businesses. The post Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less?

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StartupNation

AUGUST 12, 2025

In our experience, many would-be founders are put off by the pervasive image of a toxic “hustle culture” of people working ninety-hour weeks. These breweries often collaborate rather than compete with each other, creating strong regional networks and communities.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2024

World Food Day: Why food systems matter for our future The future of food depends on ensuring security, embracing sustainable practices, reducing waste, and supporting local communities. Impact Hub Network Global Team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The global food system is facing significant challenges.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 16, 2025

The Berlin summit presented a critical opportunity for Sidus to expand its strategic network, attracting attention from global investors, policymakers, and potential international partners. We try to do a lot of other things like get involved in organizations in the community when it comes to STEM or women in STEM,” she continued. “I

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Forward Cities

MAY 26, 2025

Aligned with direct services to entrepreneurs, the E3 Alliancea dynamic advisory council of local entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) and community partnersserves as a collaborative engine for aligned priorities and action. Experience leading co-design processes in community-based or economic development contexts.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

Challenges and Opportunities for Women Working Remotely Family Support Entrepreneurial success when put in the context of a parent is reliant on a strong network that is pivotal to building a successful business. Parent-Entrepreneur Community : Look for other entrepreneurial parents with kids of similar ages.

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StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2025

I also made a point to learn about the local community. I had to work with guidelines provided by the Lexington Historic Community and special-order cedar siding. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Find free courses, mentorship, networking and grants created just for small businesses.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario. Creating change for your community Déborah is the manager, producer and director of various cultural products on disability and inclusion.

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Source Link

MARCH 29, 2021

While it appears the SBA will be applying this approach to the existing SBA-funded national network such as SBDCs, SCORE and Women Business Centers, the announcement indicates a new funding opportunity will soon open for states, tribes, units of local governments and other nonprofit organizations. What is the SBA Community Navigator Model?

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth.

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Source Link

JUNE 8, 2021

Small Business Administration first released the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Navigator Pilot Program. What does the Community Navigator opportunity mean for my community or my organization? What is the SBA Community Navigator Model? What is the SBA Community Navigator Model?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

To effectively support any entrepreneur, you must develop an infrastructure of resources in your community. Identifying and connecting the resources in one central network makes it easier for entrepreneurs of all types to find assistance for the hurdles they face. Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

I was speaking at Internet Week yesterday on networking and so I wanted to gather some of my thoughts. I've been very lucky over the last six years of being involved in the NYC innovation community to meet some fantastic folks. These people are bad for you, bad for your network, and take steps to avoid them is a net positive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A lack of diversity is a cultural problem rather than a tactical one. Championing change on a cultural level requires addressing the root of the issue. If you’re ready to do the work, here are three steps to building a scalable and diverse culture by design. Set more meaningful goals. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Amid political and social unrest in Nicaragua, his team had to navigate around various stressors and find the best way to efficiently move and export coffee to the US, and David overcame these stressors by communicating as much as possible and having faith in his producers. I want my culture and how I’ve grown up to be reflected in my brand.”

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2012

Eighty percent of Etsy's employees live in Brooklyn and I'd venture to say that half the startup community in general lives here. 3) There's a big opportunity for "community arbitrage." With so many of the entrepreneurs and other professionals living in Brooklyn, there's an opportunity to reach them by building community out here.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Inspired by her inclusive mission, the YLAI Network team asked her a few questions about how she advocates for and empowers members of her community and how she recommends you become an agent of change. I then moved to Beijing to learn more about my Chinese culture and the language while also learning how to handle business with China.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

With all of this news about Brooklyn 's tech scene , I've been thinking a lot about what made the NYC innovation community grow so quickly. The "meetup" culture of NYC, where there are three great educational events to go to every night is how the community bootstrapped itself. Building 20.is It is designed to leak.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

An entrepreneur needs a network of supportive people and resources to maximize his or her chances of success, because there will always be fires to put out. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. What is a startup community? Why create a startup community?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

But Detroit prevailed in large part because a handful of companies within the auto manufacturing community served as “tentpoles,” firms so powerful and successful that they anchored an entire economic ecosystem. Where will they be able to tap into a supportive entrepreneurial network? as do manufacturing workers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Through educational fundraising summits, a mentorship program in the works, and with the support of ambassadors in four provinces to date, WEDO Canada aims to nurture the next generation of female leaders, and foster a culture of inclusivity and opportunity. I approached several EO women colleagues and nCourage Investment Group was born.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

From navigating complex regulations and securing funding to connecting with and growing a network, entrepreneurs in Vietnam face a unique set of challenges as they build their businesses: Access to capital: Securing funding for a new business can be elusive, particularly for startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Like most entrepreneurs, I started as an underdog, and it remained a key part of company culture as we grew. As a firm, we pitched campaign ideas and strategies to huge, internationally recognized brands, going up against big network agencies. We had no venture capital and weren’t part of a global agency network.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I grant you, it’s not like Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – but there is a burgeoning tech community much as you’d find in NYC these days. In my mind, Randy Newman said it best, “ I love LA &# – idyllic weather, a mélange of cultures and big industry. Communities outside the Valley have matured.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We engaged our team in brainstorming sessions, fostering a culture of transparency and collective responsibility. We found that by communicating our sustainability goals to suppliers, we could forge partnerships that yielded innovative solutions. It will build trust and foster a culture of accountability.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

He found his calling in environmental and human rights law and works to protect indigenous communities in his region. The YLAI Network team asked Victor a few questions about his strong commitment to justice and his dedication to never letting anyone or anything stop him from doing what is right.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Equality between genders is good for business, great for communities and essential for business growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

While that happens sometimes, it was a challenge for Google because it frequently had trouble adapting from an engineering driven culture. The software is not difficult to build and the hosting element has become a commodity; the hard part is building a community. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Rise of the Rest, we’ve spent years traversing the country, spotlighting emerging startup hubs, and building a network of entrepreneurial champions and ecosystem builders beyond Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. Rail Network : Atlanta offers access to both Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

They were playing small clubs to the gay community (her early ardent fans or “first 50”) and they were getting a warm reception so they wanted to double down on this community. They hired a consultant in the LGBT community who had relationships with all of the most popular gay clubs (who you know) and they built from there.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We also had a strong incentive to make our program successful: despite the shared branding and core values, each Techstars program was funded and owned by the mentor and investor community in the city in which it operated. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My The Malengu name, an amalgamation of Maya, Lenca and Garífuna, harkens back to some of the country’s largest indigenous communities. We are a mix of Spanish, Indian, black and Mayan culture.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

The high-caliber leadership content and unique experience of networking with other leaders make GLC one of the top entrepreneurial conferences of the year. Our community is inclusive, and we value diversity. We are from different cultures, religions and backgrounds, but EO binds us together.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. Form a strong network of support. Set clear and realistic goals.

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