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Empowering Nonprofits with AI: Ron Rivers on Innovation and Impact

Jason Malki

Connecting meaningfully with prospective partners, and conveying the transformative yet safe potential of AI, has required patience and creativity. Our vision extends into developing agential AIessentially an internal AI agent that proactively manages various nonprofit operations. What are your future plans for yourstartup?

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RFQ | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Project Management

Forward Cities

To inform the Alliance strategy, E3 Durham conducted a rigorous 360-degree assessment of Durham’s small business ecosystem, engaging over 200 entrepreneurs, 40 ESOs, and a wide range of funders, policymakers, and economic development leaders. This process surfaced key strengths and gaps, which were prioritized by the Alliance.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. It's in the Financial District--right at 55 Broad Street. It says so right on their website. I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

Source Link

We are experiencing unprecedented opportunities for communities to evaluate how best to respond to short-term needs while building resilient solutions for long-term success. While it might be tempting to jump right in, it’s important to take the time to evaluate successful outcomes and develop a strategy to achieve your goals.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans.

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Vista Equity Partners AI Hackathon Winners Announced

American Entrepreneurship

Integrating these talented students into our portfolio company teams fosters an atmosphere of innovation and creativity while providing them with invaluable hands-on experience and exposure to real-world challenges and solutions – all helping to pave the way for their future success in the tech industry.”

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. They saw the opportunity to develop products that assist in the intellectual development of a child from a very early age. According to the EEOC, 83 percent of tech executives are white.