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MAY 21, 2019

Its been one week since the Misk 500 Batch 1 Demo Day and we’re still smiling. The energy in the room in Riyadh, on May 13th, was palpable. The 19 companies were on FIRE and rose to the occasion to give the best versions of their pitches. Due to the observance of Ramadan in the region, the event began at 10 PM and concluded at 3 AM. While originally planned to be an event for an audience of 200, the final attendance at the KAFD Conference Center included over 300 investors and guests.¹ Also in a

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Venture Well

MAY 21, 2019

Khanjan Mehta from Lehigh University is working to transform entrepreneurship education to focus on executing ideas, not just ideation. The post Faculty Spotlight: Khanjan Mehta from Lehigh University appeared first on VentureWell.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Meet the five winning founders from Rise of the Rest 8.0 Earlier this month, Steve Case and the Revolution team hit the road for the eighth Rise of the Rest Road Trip, bringing the bus to Orlando, Florida’s Space Coast, Tampa Bay, Miami, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.

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Y Combinator

MAY 21, 2019

In 2018, Pew Research Center reported that 57% of Americans believe that children in America today will be worse off financially than their parents. Since 2013, this number has been as high as 65% — even though we are experiencing our 10th straight year of economic growth. We believe this mindset is the result of increased family debt, stagnant wages, and a lack of government commitment to provide equal access to the basic services families need to thrive.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 21, 2019

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 21, 2019

Ramon Ray has teamed up once more with Helena Escalante , founder of Entregurus, to discuss Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. McKeown’s Essentialism hones in on the idea of focusing on what the author calls “the vital few” and getting rid of the “trivial many.” As busy people, we are spread very thin and sometimes it feels like we are treading water.

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OurCrowd

MAY 21, 2019

CrediFi tracked more than $925 billion of commercial real estate loan originations in 2018—a “huge” figure that exceeds the numbers documented by more established industry groups like the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), which reported nearly $574 billion in new loans last year. Read more here. The post [CrediFi in Fortune] Risky Business? New Report Says Banks Are Holding More Real Estate Debt Than Thought appeared first on OurCrowd.

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