StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. As you look around your local community, take the time to talk to people to discover unmet needs. What is missing that your community currently wants?

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 6, 2023

In mid-July 75 women of color-owned small businesses will learn of their grant awards and be given access to a “self-paced learning portal and peer-to-peer community networking.” The Fund is dedicated to WOC-led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed level, or series A financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For as remote education drags on, students are unenrolling from school held on video conferencing software and opting for alternative programs. After a student gets into a coding school, Career Karma puts coders into small peer mentorship groups, called Squads, to give students support during the program and into the job search process.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The partnership integrates the STARTER and ZALET programmes, focusing on training, mentoring, and personalised support to empower individuals, stimulate economic growth, and create resilient communities. It includes five training modules covering idea creation, product development, finances, sales, and social change.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The application provides personalized educational content and emotional support with a virtual assistant or “pocket” version of a doula.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. Before launching YHS, Ashna participated in a number of student leadership activities and was already an active member of her community. in-kind support”) instead of financing.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

He highlights the need to focus on the community as a measure to bring down stress. If you are going to church or synagogue or you have a local community group, sports team whatever it is, ask your community whatever that may mean for you. Ray says, “Starting a new business, I would focus on education. Personal branding.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies. Want to get these folks help?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

The NASE has been around since 1981, providing entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, including those by minority owners with access to grants and educational resources. These funds are given to both community groups and individual artists in film, theatre, and dance. 11) Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The report features details of how communities of entrepreneurs globally are creating significant change in combating the world’s most challenging problems and are contributing significantly to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Impact Hub is a global network focused on building communities for impact at scale.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

collaboration with Impact Hub, world’s leading network focused on building entrepreneurial communities. finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”. “We 16,500+ change driven entrepreneurs in 100+communities, 450 incubation, acceleration and scaling. for impact at scale. programs, across 60 countries to India.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Designer Fund, Combine, Lachy Groom, Slow Ventures and engineers from Airbnb, Notion, Rippling and others also participated in the financing. The first thing that really struck me about this community is just how diverse it is. The startup attracted the attention of Andreessen Horowitz, which just led its $4 million seed round.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars. But it also created two big problems for Techstars as a business: cash flow and brand identity.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more. If you have a low credit score, work to improve it in anticipation of one day needing outside financing. Find the networking arenas that align with your industry and entrepreneurial passion.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Skoll Foundation. “The

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Peacetech Accelerator.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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