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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which can provide assistance with business planning, access to financing, counseling services and classes. Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support. Everyone should feel comfortable asking for help with their business.

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Revolutionizing responsible tourism in Nicaragua

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

They work directly with locals in the community, and they use part of their profits to finance social projects focused on helping kids receive an education. Despite being one of the poorer countries in the Western Hemisphere, Nicaragua is rich in nature, culture, and history. Responsible tourism’s positive impact.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. With an 84% Afro-Brazilian population, there are deep, rich and visible roots of Africa in the city’s history, music, cuisine and culture.

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

Forward Cities

This past April, we invited a group of ecosystem practitioners from Buffalo, Richmond, and Jacksonville to see how different communities in Indianapolis are seeking to provide greater access, financing, and support for entrepreneurs of color and others who are disconnected from traditional business networks.

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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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Fisher’s Popcorn of Delaware chooses Delaware for major expansion of manufacturing and wholesale operations

American Entrepreneurship

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. How did you get into the accounting and finance staffing industry? Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.