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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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2 Hours in Positano that Changed My Life

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Bringing my wife Lisa into the hunt, we peer over and on a terrace below us is a cobbler, handcrafting sandals out of a small box of tools and beads. I felt like we had been transported back in time. The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. ” She knew.

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FSD Africa expands insurtech accelerator program to Ghana and Nigeria

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But the market might soon change as innovative products that run on micropayment or pay-per-use frameworks emerge under the support of institutions like the U.K. But the market might soon change as innovative products that run on micropayment or pay-per-use frameworks emerge under the support of institutions like the U.K.-funded

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Blockchain startup Fetch.ai grabs $40M to provide monetization and other tooling for AI-generated information

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Up to now, a large part of the work Fetch has been doing has been in the area of IP and technology development (it already has a number of patent applications and patents issued in the U.S. CEO Humayun Sheikh said in an interview that he also believes there is a role for Fetch.ai and Europe). and Europe). The capital behind Fetch.ai

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DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise

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DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round.

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How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

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By some estimates, it takes 1 million pounds of raw material to support the lifestyle of an average American in a year. Peer-to-peer sharing is sweeping across the global economy, revolutionizing transportation, financial services, textbooks, software, hospitality and other industries. Share and prosper.

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Onfleet nabs $23M to further develop its last-mile delivery software

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Co-founder and CEO Khaled Naim said that the new capital will be put toward product development, expanding Onfleet’s product and engineering capabilities, and enhancing the company’s enterprise offering. It’s then when he, Cavia, and Vetrano decided to expand their vision to develop a delivery management platform: Onfleet.