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Valence unveils training program to help build pipeline of Black execs

TechCrunch

Valence CEO Guy Primus says that the organization has almost 16,000 community members and, recognizing that getting hired was just the first step in a long journey, the company wanted to find a more concrete way to help its members. How do the companies they work for make people feel welcome and included, rather than isolated?

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The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat?

Revolution

Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. The framework was originally created to help public market investors determine whether or not an investment opportunity afforded a defensible moat that would contribute to a superior return-profile. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat. What makes up a moat?

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures.

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How to Choose the Right Business to Start

American Entrepreneurship

When you drive through your local community or go to your place of employment, you are coming in contact with businesses, both large and small. Pursuing your passion is a good jumping off point, but not all passions can become profitable businesses—so opening up your eyes to other opportunities is another pathway to start a business.

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Gabriela Gandel: How can we influence policymakers as we bring our impact solutions to the mainstream?

Impact Hub

Or shall I focus on the thousands of great solutions that are being worked on by entrepreneurs in our community or by the positive stories of communities standing against the counter current of hatred and fragmentation? These days I strongly oscillate between the two options and often find this question difficult to answer.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

Some notable Islamic fintech companies include peer-to-peer lending platform and digital bank Hijra (formerly known as Alami), online bank Bank Aladin , LinkAja , which is backed by Telkomsel and Bank Mandri, the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of asset loans and deposits. Indonesia emerged as the best choice. out of its 33.6

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Larissa de Moura: Working Towards a World Without Borders

Impact Hub

Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem. How can we make the field of entrepreneurship more inclusive to groups that are systematically deprived of representation? A: An explorer of new experiences.