Reflections on measurement and definitions for evaluation – Part 1. By Stacey Williams, PhD, MPH. Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities. Inclusive Innovation. Innovation is a hallmark of a vibrant society and is often most visible in the form of entrepreneurship. In the United States, a long history of strategic disinvestment and unequal access to resources (e.g., systematic racism and sexism) have led to extreme differences in the opportunity to achieve the American dream of prosperity a MORE
The Seraf Compass
JUNE 26, 2019
? When entrepreneurs seek out angel investors, the majority are looking for financial capital. Very few entrepreneurs understand the importance of finding smart investors who will invest both Financial and Human Capital. Read on for a look at what roles angel investors can perform for a startup company.
Forward Cities
JUNE 26, 2019
Reflections on measurement and definitions for evaluation – Part 1. By Stacey Williams, PhD, MPH. Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities. Inclusive Innovation. Innovation is a hallmark of a vibrant society and is often most visible in the form of entrepreneurship. In the United States, a long history of strategic disinvestment and unequal access to resources (e.g., systematic racism and sexism) have led to extreme differences in the opportunity to achieve the American dream of prosperity a
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Venture Well
JUNE 25, 2019
Nordica MacCarty from Oregon State University is helping students invent sustainable household energy systems for developing communities. . The post Faculty Spotlight: Nordica MacCarty from Oregon State University appeared first on VentureWell.
Dream It
JUNE 26, 2019
After you pitch your startup to venture investors or to potential customers, if they have any interest in what you’re doing, they’ll almost always ask you questions. And, if you’re like most founders, you’ll immediately start to answer their questions with enthusiasm and zeal. But what happens when you get a question that trips you up? What if an investor asks you a question that you’d rather avoid or feel the need to explain thoroughly?
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 26, 2019
Have you ever wondered where you’d have the best chance at start-up success in the APAC region? Researchers at ValueChampion analyzed publically available economic data—including the cost of doing business, business environment and quality of labor force—in order to rank the top 12 countries for entrepreneurs. The original article appeared on ValueChampion’s blog here. .
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Forward Cities
JUNE 27, 2019
By Gabriel Muñoz , Forward Cities Local Director – Kansas City, MO. Forward Cities is a national capacity-building and learning network working within and between cities and micropolitans to create more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem development. This is the mission of Forward Cities. It sounds impressive when you read it, but what does it really mean?
Innovation 2 Enterprise
JUNE 25, 2019
By Scott Meacham. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future. It’s a straightforward proposition. If we believe that more and better jobs — opportunities with wages that are more than 70 percent higher than Oklahoma’s average — are desirable, required and achievabl
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 28, 2019
Yes. But only if you are not clear on how to make the correct partner selection. Written by Mike Scott, co-founder and CEO of NONA , a software development studio based in South Africa. Software development is still a ‘dark art’ for many founders, executives and business decision-makers, and yet it can be absolutely critical to the success of your business.
OurCrowd
JUNE 23, 2019
Big news this past week as Zebra Medical Vision received FDA clearance for its AI-powered intracranial hemorrhage detection product, its second FDA approval in a month! Congrats to sugar reduction company DouxMatok on their $22M raise ; OurCrowd is proud to take part in this effort to reduce the world’s sugar dependency. data.world is bringing data to the next level with its recent acquisition of Capsenta – read about it here , and find more top news below.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Forward Cities
JUNE 26, 2019
By LC Johnson, Forward Cities Local Director – Columbus, OH. Human centered design. The first time I came across this phrase, it was in a professional development workshop that I initially signed up for because a cute guy from another department was teaching it. I didn’t learn much during the workshop, but I did get the cute guy’s number. Sadly, it didn’t work out.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 25, 2019
The lawmakers in Albany have passed legislation known as the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) and it is sitting on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature. There is plenty of debate on whether CCPA is good policy or bad policy. All you need to do is Google “New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act” and read the NY Post ( against ) and the NY Daily News ( for ) and you will see the various sides of the debate.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 24, 2019
The benefit of core values goes far beyond the workplace, explains Marc Gutman. Marc is an EO Colorado member, the founder of WILDSTORY , and father to Ruby, Charlie and Nathan. Many of us have core values at our organizations. These values provide a common nomenclature and a North Star that guide our choices, our language and our priorities—at work.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JUNE 24, 2019
¿Qué es un sesgo? Según el Diccionario Cambridge, un sesgo es una opinión personal no objetiva que influye en la capacidad de formar juicio. A menudo, los sesgos se consideran negativos, pero todos los tenemos y afectan el modo en que vemos el mundo todos los días. Nos llegan de varios orígenes: desde la forma de pensar de nuestros padres hasta lo que piensan nuestros pares, pasando por experiencias negativas o positivas con personas o en sitios que nos dejan impresiones que ni siquiera sabemos
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Forward Cities
JUNE 27, 2019
By Kaliah Ligon, Forward Cities Local Director – Indianapolis, IN. Last week’s Forward Cities conference in Pittsburgh highlighted the need for equity and inclusion in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Right from the start conference attendees were educated on the profound impact that systemic racism has had on the health and economic equity of black and Latinx people.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 27, 2019
David Kelnar sent me this deck that he did on the state of AI. It is very good. This slide got my attention: It is interesting, and not totally surprising, that the sector that AI-focused entrepreneurs are targeting more than any other is health and wellbeing. It seems like there is so much opportunity to improve our collective health and wellbeing with data science and machine learning.
GCUC
JUNE 28, 2019
If you read our monthly newsletter, you have likely seen the “favorites” section at the bottom where we share the websites and products we have been loving for that month. We have received such positive feedback on it that we figured we would round up our favorite every day items and stick them in our amazon shop. If you are as nosey as we are or just like to try 1093 new things, this is the page for you.
OurCrowd
JUNE 26, 2019
Innoviz was featured in Fast Company’s most innovative companies of 2019 in the Middle East section. Read more here. The post [Innoviz in Fast Company] Most Innovative Companies: Innoviz appeared first on OurCrowd.
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Forward Cities
JUNE 24, 2019
Guest Blog Post by Forward Cities Local Director – Pittsburgh, Wasiullah Mohamed. From left to right: Forward Cities CEO – Christopher Gergen, Mayor of Pittsburgh – Bill Peduto, Forward Cities Local Director – Pittsburgh Wasiullah Mohamed. It was beautiful seeing hundreds of ecosystem builders from around the country converge in my city, Pittsburgh, PA.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 24, 2019
USV portfolio company goTenna ‘s founder and CEO Daniela Perdomo and USV analyst Dani Grant did some number crunching on VC funding and published the info last week. After 4 rounds of VC, I ran my own data analysis to see if my experience is unique. Women founders in female-focused sectors raise equitable VC, but women in non-female sectors raise 54% less than their fair share.
GCUC
JUNE 28, 2019
If you read our monthly newsletter, you have likely seen the “favorites” section at the bottom where we share the websites and products we have been loving for that month. We have received such positive feedback on it that we figured we would round up our favorite every day items and stick them in our amazon shop. If you are as nosey as we are or just like to try 1093 new things, this is the page for you.
OurCrowd
JUNE 26, 2019
Beyond Meat was featured in Fast Company’s most innovative companies of 2019 in the food section. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Fast Company] Most Innovative Companies: Beyond Meat appeared first on OurCrowd.
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The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JUNE 24, 2019
What is a bias? The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as “an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgement.” Biases are often cast in a negative light, but everyone has them, and they affect the way we see the world every day. We get them from many places — from how our parents think about things, to what our peers think, to negative or positive experiences with people or places that leave impressions that we don’t even realize we have.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 26, 2019
If you are feeling a little low on energy and want a pick me up, go to a high school graduation. You could simply crash any graduation, you don’t need to know anyone graduating. They are such feel good events. I went to the AFSE graduation yesterday. This is the fourth glass that has graduated from AFSE and I think I have been able to attend every graduation.
Y Combinator
JUNE 28, 2019
Today, we’re opening up registration for Startup School 2019, our free online course for founders looking to get help turning an idea into a startup. The 10 week course will begin July 22, 2019 and is free for everyone to participate. You can register at Startup School. We will again be offering equity-free grants to the most promising companies that join and complete the course.
OurCrowd
JUNE 26, 2019
Sight Diagnostics was ranked first in Fast Company’s most innovative companies of 2019 in the Middle East section. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in Fast Company] Most Innovative Companies: Sight Diagnostics appeared first on OurCrowd.
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