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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. But in too many communities entrepreneurship is an underutilized and underleveraged strategy for economic growth. Jess suggests starting with local economic development offices.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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How Support Organizations Can Unlock the Potential of Entrepreneurs in Vietnam

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What is your strategy for hiring the ideal team amid post-pandemic Quiet Quitting ? These organizations include: The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) represents the interests of entrepreneurs and promotes economic development. Talent shortage: Skilled employees are hard to find.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 2

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Practical Metrics and Methods (Academic Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship.

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Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

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According to a statement shared by the firm, the accelerator program will support and amplify the impact of edtech startups across Africa, as well as support founders offering tech solutions that will address learning innovation in an educational sector riddled with a plethora of issues.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Christina Theodoraki

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These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens. I am a professor in entrepreneurship and educate students to this reflection and contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial culture and mindset. Theodoraki, C.