American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2024

Having surpassed $150 million ARR, the company is growing at 57% QoQ, attracting funders Lightspeed with participation from private equity firm StepStone Group. What sets Pocket FM apart is its vision to set up a sustainable and profitable business, backed by its unique pricing strategy. This latest round will fund U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale. Due diligence is not about checking off boxes or completing paperwork; it’s about creating long-lasting value for you, the portfolio company.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover. This is particularly true of Main Street businesses and families in under-connected and under-resourced communities. During the Great Recession, business failures rose faster than business starts and startup rates fell to a record low. The time for action is now.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. I would like to be able to collect better metrics on entrepreneurship trends that are happening across the U.S., Denisse Rodriguez. Mara Hardy. Ellen Bateman. Christina Theodoraki. Hard skills. Dustin Shay.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. The success of small/local business is incredibly vital for a sustainable economy.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This pilot provides part-time entrepreneurs with a case manager to deeply assess the current state of their business, help develop a plan for moving into full-time entrepreneurship, and provide personalized recommendations and referrals to existing entrepreneurial programs and supports that the entrepreneur may not otherwise be aware of.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This pilot provides part-time entrepreneurs with a case manager to deeply assess the current state of their business, help develop a plan for moving into full-time entrepreneurship, and provide personalized recommendations and referrals to existing entrepreneurial programs and supports that the entrepreneur may not otherwise be aware of.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Evidence gathered through the application of the tools has helped local stakeholders better understand entrepreneurship in their community, including to whom entrepreneurship is inaccessible and what actions need to be taken to enhance equity in entrepreneurial opportunities for underserved communities. . Start date: November 30, 2020.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 21, 2021

Evidence gathered through the application of our research tools helps local stakeholders better understand access to entrepreneurship in their community and identify what actions need to be taken to enhance equity in entrepreneurial opportunities for underserved communities. . Anticipated start date: July 6, 2021. About Forward Cities.

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