American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

(January 3, 2025) The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) awarded over $2.7 million in grant funding to 11 New Jersey startups under Round Two of the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant Program. Round Two of the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Program awarded 11 early-stage startups with more than $2.7

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 7, 2025

i2E Names Darcy Wilborn as President, Continuing Commitment to Oklahoma Innovation i2E, Inc., a nonprofit focused on accelerating startup success and commercialization efforts across Oklahoma, proudly announces the appointment of Darcy Wilborn as its new President. The post i2E Names Darcy Wilborn as President appeared first on i2E.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. The AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will provide $3.8 For more information, including additional eligibility requirements, click here.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 14, 2025

Tech hubs are an important part of a states business ecosystem as they foster innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship in the technology sector. This initiative advances the production of critical technologies that help create jobs in innovative industries and strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 16, 2025

The funds from Blackstone Infrastructure and Blackstone Real Estate are expected to draw in an additional $60 billion in private investment, accelerating the State’s Innovation Ecosystem. We’re excited to work with our partners at PPL to invest in the generation needed to support this critical digital infrastructure.”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 26, 2025

Malaysia’s Invest NCT Programme, led by the NCT Group of Companies, has joined forces with Canadian venture capital firm Intrinsic Venture Capital to promote industrial innovation and boost economic development. […]

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 17, 2025

The funding round also includes participation from mission-aligned investors such as Battle Born Venture, Nevada’s state-sponsored venture capital program which the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has oversight, and is a key driver of Nevad a’s innovation ecosystem. Creating a New Era of U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. They understand it from a general sense.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 14, 2013

What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. You can ask a bunch of startup companies to move to a place, but it''s harder to bring together inspiring people who will build the companies of tomorrow in that place.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Individuals who had never considered launching a startup began creating businesses out of a combination of necessity and opportunity. Business closures and job losses caused by the pandemic forced thousands of people to reevaluate their lives and career paths. According to data from the Census Bureau , Americans filed paperwork to start 4.3

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. Entrepreneurial development in rural areas is needed now more than ever.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Rise of the Rest, we’ve spent years traversing the country, spotlighting emerging startup hubs, and building a network of entrepreneurial champions and ecosystem builders beyond Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. Market : The startup is addressing a significant, often underserved, need or problem in the market.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation stimulates entrepreneurship. The more successful the new companies are in top-line revenue, bottom-line profitability and gross margins, the more taxes paid and the more potential dollars that the state can plow back into research and development, thus perpetuating the cycle of innovation and job creation.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Consequently, metros like Nashville, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix have attracted more transplants from coastal hubs — a shift that helps spur economic development but also puts pressure on housing costs and public services. Collaboration is the hardest, but arguably the most important.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In recent years, the region has emerged as a thriving innovation hub, home to a host entrepreneurial activity with Orlando consistently ranking as one of the best cities to start a business. Central Florida attracts millions of tourists annually, but it is also a top destination for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 24, 2021

Oklahoma not only gave us the best state song in the entire country, this play, named for our state, spawned innovation at every turn. Like lots of innovations, Oklahoma was a pivot. Oklahoma, the play, is a unique story—and not the only unique story of innovation and collaboration with an “Oklahoma” stamp. Michael Carolina.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. Dr Jenny Douché, Callaghan Innovation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A groundbreaking advancement in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology is set to transform the industry as Greenville-based startup, Advanced Power & Energy, secures a significant investment of $500,000 from the Mercer County Innovation Fund, in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern Pennsylvania.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 13, 2019

Another thing I learned recently has to do with the recipe for a robust innovation economy and the unintended consequences of well-intended legislation. a nonprofit corporation that mentors many of the state’s technology-based startup companies. Here’s the situation. Scott Meacham is president and CEO of i2E Inc.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

From navigating complex regulations and securing funding to connecting with and growing a network, entrepreneurs in Vietnam face a unique set of challenges as they build their businesses: Access to capital: Securing funding for a new business can be elusive, particularly for startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mostly remote six-month program leverages New York-based Federally Designated Battery Tech Hub The National Science Foundation as part of its mission to spur innovation across the U.S. Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. awarded a $4.5

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Some key organizations that fill the needs of startups which you should seek out and invite into your network include: The public library , a vital and often overlooked resource for free access to business databases, education, equipment and internet access. Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. program, a SGD 20 million initiative introduced by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. . The post STARTUPS RECEIVE INVESTMENT FROM BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS appeared first on BFTP/CNP. For more information: www.reflexion.co. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in eight dynamic companies. This innovative approach is set to make significant contributions to cancer research and treatment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

SOSV this morning announced work on a $50 million HAX facility in Newark, New Jersey focused on growing industrial, healthcare and climate startups. The five-year development plan utilizes $25 million from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. companies working toward their seed round.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

PureLine Putting (Michael Irvin), creators of a revolutionary putting aid for golfers, clinched the runner-up position, walking away with $5,000 to further develop their product. We extend our sincere appreciation to all the participants of the 2024 Ben Franklin TechCelerator in Erie for their dedication, hard work, and innovative ideas.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 28, 2020

After three eventful years , I’m excited to say that my new book— The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , with Brad Feld —is officially available to the public today! I learned so much in the process and developed a large number of meaningful relationships along the way that will last a lifetime.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The undisclosed investment comes two months after Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the tech giant’s intentions to commit $1 billion over the next five years in “tech-led initiatives”, which includes a $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at early- and growth-stage startups on the continent.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

“The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”. Promoting Disruption.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 24, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Seventeen companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. We Invest in Innovation. www.cnp.benfranklin.org. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Office Hours will focus on Innovation Programs that benefit businesses and investors TRENTON, N.J. Alternating between in-person and virtual events, these will offer one-on-one sessions with the NJEDA’s Innovation team to discuss programs and networking opportunities with industry stakeholders.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 27, 2022

OurCrowd First Israeli Company to Partner With the Singapore Economic Development Board in the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) Programme. Collaboration will further strengthen ties between startups and corporates in Israel and Singapore. June 27, 2022 09:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Emerging entrepreneurs and small business owners who are developing a new, product, process, or software application – and need startup funding, need to know about the Ben Franklin program. Tech-startups and small manufacturers have been getting their “start” with Ben Franklin Technology Partners for nearly 40 years.

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