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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“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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Bain & Company Acquires Startup Development Studio Rainmaking APAC

AsiaTechDaily

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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Measuring Data and Creating Impactful Economic Reports

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Although the numbers are impressive, the Startup Fort Worth White Paper that the Sparkyard team developed to build on the data includes community-sourced recommendations to further improve their economy through a focus on startups. More than 25,000 jobs were created in 2018 by firms 0-1 years old in Tarrant County.

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NJEDA to Hold Monthly Office Hours Highlighting Innovation Programs

American Entrepreneurship

February 15, 2024) – To respond to challenges faced by New Jersey technology and biotechnology companies in raising capital, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is launching monthly Innovation Programs Office Hours to highlight programs offered by the Authority to stimulate the innovation economy.

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SG startup Proxtera closes seed funding round backed by Ant, EDBI

AsiaTechDaily

Pang looks forward to enabling more SMEs to have greater access to finance, FinTech, payments, and other relevant services that support businesses, employment, and local economic development.

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Ben Franklin Invests in Tech Startups Adversely Affected by COVID-19.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Nine tech-companies in central and northern PA, that were adversely affected by COVID-19, received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP that will allow them to stabilize their operations and further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. Epicenter-app.com. www.boostpoint.com.

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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program.