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Circularity Tales: environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar

Impact Hub

Environmental entrepreneurship is an appealing concept to the Senegalese youths. Named “Wërngël-Bi”, a term in Wolof that translates to “The Circle”, the circularity programme at Impact Hub Dakar supported different entrepreneurs carrying out projects that ranged from eco-construction to ecological toilets.

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5 Tips for Making Time to Make a Difference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Ask yourself, what change or changes do I want to see in my community at the end of this project or venture or within a specific amount of time? . For a detailed description of how Vishal has cultivated a culture of entrepreneurship in small villages across Kolhapur, turn to our companion piece in Inc.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. break the silos!

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. 33 Flatbush.

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Flashback Friday: The Art of Engaging

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What did this business crisis teach you early on about entrepreneurship? RT: After earning a degree in management from Pace University and an applied science degree in interior design from the Parson’s School of Design, I decided to venture into entrepreneurship.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

The national strategy envisages entrepreneurship/startup innovation as the driving force at the top of a pyramid that sits atop existing sectors of the Spanish economy — “spearheading the innovative system that we want to generate”, as Polo puts it. “We are not only focusing on innovative entrepreneurship.

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