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Circularity Tales: accelerating green impact in Barcelona

Impact Hub

The winning project of Raíz’s first edition was Sustein Material , a startup driven by Simon Gonzalez that addresses the reuse of healthcare waste for construction materials. Did you know that 100% of the sanitary waste discarded in hospitals and health centers ends up in landfills or incinerated? shares Impact Hub Barcelona.

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Why America Must Lead in AI Investment

Andreessen Horowitz

So those were really constructive. Martin: Yeah, do you think we can expect some legislation framework come out of this? Members gave a lot of positive feedback about it. We learned a lot in the process. Martin: What are your key takeaways having sat through them? Young: Well, two really. We want to keep it that way.

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

As venture capitalist and economic historian Bill Janeway remarked : “… the federal government funded construction of a platform on which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could dance.” Innovation and entrepreneurship policy experts view the expansion of this program as a key lever for improving economic growth.