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15 Underrepresented Founders Share $170K in Startup302 Grant Prizes

American Entrepreneurship

Including this year, Startup302 has awarded $813,000 in funding to 52 ventures since the first finals took place in 2021. Two preliminary rounds and a semi-final round, all conducted remotely, determined which ventures would compete in the final in-person round. There is no charge for companies to enter.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

The DEI Task Force has developed and published a formal ACA DEI Policy and set its strategic goals for 2022. The New Angel Cohort is a six-month program powered by Melissa Bradley’s 1863 Ventures and BLK GRVTY , and it’s designed for new investors who want to explore angel investing with tools, education, and experts at their fingertips.

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Celebrating 2022 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Angel investors have proven their resilience, enduring several years of volatile markets driven by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the end of the great bull market where exits soared, venture funds posted record returns and private company valuations exploded.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

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. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. There was no strategic goal to build venture backed startup companies, but yet at least three companies in her community got VC investment last year. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. I would love to improve my work in getting investors to support pre-revenue ventures. International Economic Development Council Virtual Annual Conference , October 16-18. Denisse Rodriguez.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). The wave of venture capital interest in geographies other than Silicon Valley has been building momentum over the past 5+ years. Image Credits: PitchBook/NVCA Venture Monitor.