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Bumo’s Innovative Child Care Platform Gains $10M in Seed Funding

American Entrepreneurship

Bumo aims to modernize the child care industry and position itself as the go-to platform for today’s parents—just as Airbnb redefined lodging and Uber reimagined transportation. At the same time, it empowers small businesses and early education providers by helping them connect with more families and improve their occupancy.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

Interstate System : Atlanta is a nexus for major interstates like I-20, I-75, and I-85, allowing for efficient road transport. Rail Network : Atlanta offers access to both Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation. Inland Ports : The availability of inland ports like the Appalachian Regional Port provides intermodal transfer options.

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Five Reasons Why We Need a More Progressive Economy for Growth

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The creation of more sustainable goods, services, and transportation, cleaner energy, and environmental remediation technology represent a huge opportunity for the US to be a world leader and a growth opportunity. Economic mobility is also key to growth. I’m an investor. I don’t see the right providing pathways to any of these outcomes.

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4 Secrets to Responsive Leadership

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Jackie Jenkins-Scott has more than three decades of experience in executive leadership positions in public health, higher education and corporate and non-profit governance. We recently asked her more about responsive leadership. What is responsive leadership? I call these leadership attributes The Big 4. The Big 4 Leadership Attributes.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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Don and his team find in many rural communities, “well-educated young people […] are seeking careers in a wider range of fields,” and if the community fails to create diverse job opportunities associated with career paths, “chances are good that most of the community’s children and grandchildren will leave the community and not return.”.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

Or the way Uber is shaking up the cozy, static world of taxi transportation. But what about education? Or like a company I spoke to today, SportsForce , that is helping high-school athletes better prepare to get picked up by college sports teams. That’s a problem in need of a solution – I’m sure. Financial Services?