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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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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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Nearly $4M in Grants to Support Offshore Wind Workforce Training Approved by NJEDA Board

American Entrepreneurship

(June 21, 2023) – In May , the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved five grant applications totaling more than $3.7 All programs are either led by or partner with a community-based organization serving a New Jersey overburdened community.

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Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from AI Capital, BioNTech, Google

TechCrunch

They can range from a large shipping company finding ways to efficiently transport thousands of containers to a railway station, with more than 30,000 kilometres of railway, trying to automate scheduling for 10,000 trains. Two years ago, InstaDeep formed a multi-year strategic collaboration with BioNTech to launch a joint AI innovation lab.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A focus there will be on disadvantaged communities that haven’t had access to clean energy investments.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Business Impact of University R&D (Episode 173)

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Well, certainly from the entrepreneurial community at large, and of course within businesses themselves large and small. Well, certainly from the entrepreneurial community at large, and of course within businesses themselves large and small. Where do the big ideas come from around which startup businesses originate? Good morning, Paul.

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What Will Workplaces Look Like After The Pandemic?

Impact Hub

Operating like this has given us an upper hand and enabled us to best support Impact Hubs in transitioning their work and communities online. . This realization has made us rethink the entire future of work and think about how communication and teamwork are more necessary than ever before.

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African Startups Raising Investment to Further Drive Economic and Social Impact

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The fintech company Kobopay provides a wide range of services using a community-based approach. It works with local businesses in their communities to offer their services offline, thus reaching the last mile. Transportation and storage. Half of the adult population in sub-Saharan Africa still lacks access to financial services.