Impact Hub

OCTOBER 6, 2023

At its core, SoTecIn Factory seeks to confront the inherent shortcomings of existing industrial models, which pose challenges both from a social and ecological perspective. Enter SoTecIn Factory, a dynamic collaborative initiative with a mission to enhance the sustainability and resilience of European industries.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But if an entrepreneur wants to sell their company, that’s OK too. For instance, 2050 will contribute to Université Paris Dauphine’s class on the ecological challenges of the 21st century. Some key concepts will be turned into actionable items for entrepreneurs. Let’s start with the investment thesis.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

It’s a tall order for any entrepreneur, but Vishal is proof that it can be done. But getting back the balance is the way that I have honed it… I see clearly that ultimately good things will happen—at the business or at MSKIB—if I wake up the entrepreneurs around me. What’s his secret to keeping it all moving forward?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 1, 2023

Dozens of emerging entrepreneurs who are developing innovations related to the maker economy, forest products, outdoors and recreation, and even tech manufacturing, applied to the contest for a chance to win $50,000 to help launch their “big idea”!

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

project lies a compelling mission – to spotlight and celebrate pioneering entrepreneurs within the Impact Hub Network, who exemplify the principles of the circular economy. Play Rizoma Rizoma is an inspiring and innovative community-operated multisectorial cooperative located in Lisbon, driven by social, ecological, and collaborative values.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

socially, ecologically, or economically.” Why Black Friday Is Toxic for Startups was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Johan Olzon, Co-Founder of Soeder: “We want to inspire our customers to consume consciously.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 9, 2023

Ben Franklin’s BIG IDEA Contest has given entrepreneurs and small manufacturers a risk-free funding opportunity for nearly 20 years. The contest offers start-ups and entrepreneurs some much-needed seed funding, as well as business training, pitch experience, and industry contacts – often more valuable than the prize money itself.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In all corners of the world, entrepreneurs are playing an integral role in the development of communities, economies and industries. My dad, who was a successful entrepreneur, taught me the value of hard work and that experience is the best MBA you can get. It also helped shape my business vision and mission as an entrepreneur.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The organization embraces innovation, education, ecological research, and natural landscape restoration. “Our vision is a world where wildlife and wild places are protected, and the human communities surrounding these areas have the necessary support to live in harmony with nature and the local primate inhabitants.”.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

project lies a compelling mission – to spotlight and celebrate pioneering entrepreneurs within the Impact Hub Network, who exemplify the principles of the circular economy. Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp At the heart of the CirculUP!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

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Impact Hub

JULY 10, 2019

This Global Alliance is created to face the many social and ecological challenges of today and of tomorrow — including climate change, the fight against poverty, precariousness and inequalities, migrations, healthcare, among others. Impact Hub will be joining, represented by Executive Director, Gabriela Gandel.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. It is clear that without rapid innovation on a global scale, what we eat in our cities and how we produce it poses an existential challenge. Photo: Sutton Community Farm.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 13, 2022

The YLAI Network offers key takeaways to help emerging entrepreneurs avoid greenwashing their businesses and be more sustainable in practice. . Therefore, entrepreneurs can implement sustainable practices in their business to better the planet while also amassing a new consumer base. What is greenwashing? The organization ??defends

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

What gets frustrating is that I tend to hear the same arguments over and over again from new entrepreneurs, and many of them are just completely unfunded. Unfortunately, they tend to resonate really well with frustrated entrepreneurs and a lot of dust gets kicked up over them. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that!

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

If schools are going to participate in the growth of NYC’s innovation ecology, they’re going to have to change the way they operate, or they’re going to get lapped and left behind. If you don’t build a network of entrepreneurs around you—how are you ever going to figure out how to better educate them?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

It served us well in the past, yet it’s time to adapt and change, or eventually perish — if the rapid degradation of our ecology is of any guidance. The Anatomy of a Pitch was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Hyperspectral imaging uses far more light frequencies than the much more commonly-used multispectral imaging used in satellite observation today, allowing for unprecedented insight and detection of previously invisible issues, including migration of pest insect populations in agriculture, or observing gas leaks and other ecological threats.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. anyone using these barstools and this old printing press?"

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. Pixm We are entrepreneurs making technologies to stop phishing breaches. KNOX Knox created Frictionless Ownership to make owning investment property as simple as owning a share of stock.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

“In expanding to two accelerator programs this year, we’re now able to provide highly curated content and tailored support to serve our entrepreneurs and meet them exactly where they’re at in their unique journeys to addressing our most critical ocean challenges,” said Dudenhoeffer.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options.

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