Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

Global entrepreneurs are leading the charge in creating solutions that impact their communities and inspire others to do the same on the path toward a greener future. What advice do you have for others looking to make a change and address climate solutions with their business or within their community?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2024

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? For part two, we asked EOers to share quirky daily rituals, unconventional actions, or innovative devices that have become their go-to stress reduction techniques to alleviate stress. I have several methods of combating this.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 28, 2023

The Innovation Space 1st: Ecotone Renewables (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – $25,000 2nd: New Breed Meats (Atlanta, Georgia) – $14,000 3rd: Frontline Waste (Delray Beach, Florida) – $6,000 Early Stage Sponsors: Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Delaware State University, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

The soundbite: “The way to go fishing is by going where the fish are — we need to open source where federal funding is headed and how to get a piece of the clean energy and infrastructure pie.” The soundbite: “What distinguishes the apex innovators from behemoths who disappear? Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 21, 2024

They continuously push the limits of what’s possible with technology, and innovate quickly through both success and failure. Their founders are highly technical, and brave enough to attempt what many view as crazy or impossible. And we want more founders and technologists to work with us. It’s who we are.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing JC Carey, a seasoned serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, currently leads as the Co-Founder and CEO of WelSpot. He also co-founded TruCom, an innovative communications company, culminating in its acquisition by Broadview Networks.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Shanea Leven is co-founder and CEO of CodeSee , a developer platform that helps developers and development teams better understand codebases. Raising money is catastrophically challenging for female founders, and even harder for Black female founders.”. Tech innovation < social progress. Shanea Leven. Contributor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 18, 2017

Not only does it provide entrepreneurial momentum in the Twin Cities, but it has provided a unique platform for EO Minnesota members to give back to the community and enriched EO as well. The post EO Minneapolis Event Injects Energy Into Entrepreneur Scene appeared first on THE BLOG. They didn’t know there were other people like them.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Last summer, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Best Buy committed to “do better ” when it came to supporting communities of color. Black and Latin communities were the recipients of just 2.6% of total funding in 2020 , according to Crunchbase data. . A glimpse inside the minds of tech’s DEI leaders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

MGA Thermal co-founders Erich Kisi and Alex Post. MGA Thermal wants to help utility companies transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources with shoebox-sized thermal energy storage blocks. The modular blocks also make it easier to convert infrastructure, like coal-fired power plants, into grid-scale energy storage.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

echPetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorien Clemens, co-founder and CEO at PetHub , Inc., My co-founder and partner, Tom Arnold, wanted to address this challenge of lost pets never making it home. the first networked database in the U.S. for pets and pet parents.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Historically, the Black community in the U.S. Relegated for decades to a vulnerable economic and social class, the community is nearly always at risk of facing the brunt of natural disasters, no matter where they occur. The Black climate tech community is growing, according to investors and founders TechCrunch+ spoke to.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Contributed by Amanda Ma, founder and CEO of Innovate Marketing Group and EO Los Angeles member. I told them we had a choice: We could either live in fear, or we could harness our fear and channel that energy into how we would solve this problem of no in-person events. Channeling fear. We had to—so we did. The result?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Atman Capital, a year-old early-stage venture firm partially backed by about 20 founders, is sweetening the deal for these individual limited partners. “We spoke with over 100 founders, asking them what they wanted and what was important to them. It’s a fund that is powered by the community.”. and Latin America.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Other participants included EDBI, Xora Innovation, and undisclosed investors. Automera, co-founded by Michael Lazarou, Loong Wang, and Taiyang Zhang, is an early-stage biotechnology firm developing innovative therapeutic approaches centered around autophagy-based targeted protein degradation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

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. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 18, 2022

However, what’s needed to help develop a stronger talent pipeline or customer acquisition funnel is, in fact, media coverage and establishing the company’s position as a thought leader, expert and innovator in its field.’ Lightbulb, HARO, ResponseSource), there’s no better time for business founders and leaders to generate their own coverage.

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Revolution

APRIL 24, 2023

Everyone is bullish on planet-forward innovation right now. So we asked Revolution Growth Partner, Kristin Gunther , Revolution Ventures Partner, Clara Sieg , and Rise of the Rest Principal, Mahati Sridhar , for their thoughts on the current and future state of climate innovation. Here’s what they had to say. “As

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

“The MSP Equity Fund is an engine for growth and innovation for our region’s economy,” said Peter Frosch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the GREATER MSP Partnership. “We Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva. Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 6, 2023

Over three months, selected founders will benefit from fundraising assistance, guidance on scaling their ventures, and connections to Brinc’s extensive network of follow-on investors, mentors, and corporate partners. This program focuses on supporting startups that are dedicated to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Apple profiles all 15 companies in this list, but here are five that caught my eye: Volt Energy Utility (Co-Founder: Gilbert Campbell III) – Developer of utility-scale solar projects with a focus on underserved communities. Mosaic Global Transportation (Founder: Maurice H.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

And even though robotics is weathering the current slowdown in venture funding better than other tech sectors, it’s still too easy for innovative inventions to remain stuck in the lab. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

TechCrunch spoke to mHub’s CEO and co-founder Haven Allen to find out what’s next for mHub, and what makes Chicago its perfect home. “It’s From mHub’s perspective, it had very much outgrown its current space, and its new center offers the startups and innovators and developers what they need, in the perfect geographical location. “We

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

With the new capital infusion into the Frontier Fund comes an expansion of Toyota Ventures’ core thesis, which previously focused on AI, autonomy, mobility, robotics and the cloud, and now is adding smart cities, digital health, fintech and energy. We think renewable energies will play a role,” said Adler.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 22, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Dr Keryn Johnson – PhD MSc BSc Business: Quantum Technologies HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The potential for all 100+ Impact Hubs to stand behind and put their energy on these two crucial and very interconnected topics… WOW. Don’t get me wrong, Impact Hub has already had so many great successes in social innovation and many environmental programs. Lastly, to role model through our spaces.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Tech that serves to conserve the oceans while using it to replace older, more harmful means of generating energy and food seems to be one such opportunity. The open ocean also contains tremendous amounts of energy. But today, it increasingly means tapping the enormous energy represented by the ocean’s winds and waves.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

And we back a lot of immigrant founders, usually building companies, not cities. Jan: California Forever is an attempt to make sure that the Bay Area remains the center of innovation and prosperity that it’s been for the last 50 years. And so, it makes me upset and it makes me want to work on building it and making it better.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Cloverleaf, led by co-founders CEO Darrin Murriner and COO Kirsten Moorefield, is on a mission to empower companies in cultivating and retaining high-performing staff and teams, unlocking their full potential. Cloverleaf integrates seamlessly into the systems teams already use every day, including Google Workplace, Microsoft 365, and Slack.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ella Miller , CEO, Founder, and Pediatrician, CoalaHola Instilling Urgency With Daily Stand-Ups The most difficult aspect of managing remote teams in a startup environment was maintaining accountability and a sense of urgency. We complement this approach with robust digital tools for project management and communication.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Allbirds is not alone in this vision or innovation — Tesla’s job is far greater than simply getting a driver from one place to another; Impossible Meats’ job is more than just feeding a hungry customer. today and has chosen an apt ticker to do it: BIRD.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. . start to address and remove systemic barriers Black & Latinx community change-makers on the rise face. .–

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators possess a unique driving force that pushes them to be the best version of themselves in order to elicit change in the world. I didn’t see that level of community or civic engagement in the other places I had lived. It really is something that sets Detroit apart from.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

BlocPower founder Donnel Baird grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1980s. That includes over $50 million from Goldman Sachs to help back the company’s green building financing, as well a $30 million investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. Donnel Baird, CEO and founder at BlocPower.

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