American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. They invest in companies that are disrupting traditional retail and consumer experiences.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

The problem, in part, was that they claimed to have used a material (lead apatite) that not only isn’t a known superconductor, but also isn’t, in fact, conductive at all. YHBT, YHL, HAND , as they used to say in the early days of the internet. If you love yourself some sustainability, get your behind (and the rest of you, please.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

What’s changed isn’t the market or its potential, but rather the perception that ambitious and sustainable companies can truly be built in education. And finally, note that Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn is coming to Disrupt, so make sure to grab your tickets because the conversation will continue there.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What areas need to be disrupted? 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

After careful consideration of community-driven feedback and market research, TOMS decided to evolve our giving. We know that community organizations and leaders best understand the challenges their communities face, but also know they don’t always have the resources? We’ve seen commerce continue to disrupt our world.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. ” Bonfire. ” Parthean. ” Aklivity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. I’ve become less enamored with that over time.

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