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Investing In Distressed Communities. Opportunity Zones

Smart Hustle Magazine

Basically, this is the government's response to helping disadvantaged communities, but Scott helps explain to us why we should care and why it's important. From a high level overview, Opportunity Zones are those communities in America that have a lower median income and have a higher poverty rate. Opportunity Zones and What They Are.

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The New Economy Starts with Support to Underserved Communities

Impact Hub

Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich.

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Working in Corporate Provided the Education She Needed to Become an Entrepreneur

Smart Hustle Magazine

Nubian Hueman is a catalyst for culture, community, and the development of the creative economy by connecting the consumer to independent artists from across the world. SmartHustle Podcast with Ramon Ray · Working in Corporate Provided the Education She Needed to Become an Entrepreneur. About Nubian Hueman .

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Pacific Kids’ Learning

NZ Entrepreneur

With a focus on community collaboration and indigenous concepts, our impactful and meaningful digital content is designed to be trustworthy for parents, teachers, as well as our young learners. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF FOUNDERS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR VENTURE HERE. WORKING ON SOMETHING NEW, INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT?

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Build a Community and the Sales Will Follow: Insights on Product Development

Smart Hustle Magazine

Once he started building a community, he also learned they had a specific need he could fill. Not all niche communities have large, interactive followings. Here's an article and podcast interview I enjoyed called: Build a Community and the Sales Will Follow: [link] Click To Tweet. This excites the community as well.

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Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa is ranked among the worst-performing education systems in the world.

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With Bling, the fintech startup revolution spreads even to pocket money

TechCrunch

Meanwhile the general lack of financial education and financial literacy means families are missing out on securing financial prosperity for their families. The Bling product has educational modules for parents, offers a child payment card, can can cover allowances via chores, for instance.

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