American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

L earn more Federal Grants are available to startups and small businesses through the various federal agencies. Check your state’s agencies such as those for economic development and others for programs, as well as seek out information on licenses, permits, regulations, and incentives that may be required to start a business.

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funders peer-to-peer incubation entrepreneurship 52

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Mara Hardy.

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entrepreneurial ecosystem funders sustainability education 52

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

startup 40

startup mentorship sustainability accelerator 40