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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community.

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The ACA 2021 Innovation Funders Showcase Pre-Summit Kick-Off and Deeper Dive Feature Groundbreaking Companies

Angel Capital Association

Chiara Renella-Brooks, ACA Partnership Director Incredible Companies Built by Women Highlighted During the Innovation Funders Showcase Deeper Dive This year’s ninth Annual ACA Summit Innovation Funders Showcase opened ACA Summit week with many exciting new twists!

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Win Up To $10,000 in Ben Franklin’s No-Cost Startup Boot Camp!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

You’ll come away from this experience with a working business model, networking contacts, and experience pitching to potential funders. Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be provided at no cost. Apply now at [link].

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. Business Incubators and Accelerators : Incubators offer entrepreneurs and startups workspaces that are typically below market rates.

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Enterprise escalator Impact Rooms rises to prepare African startups for growth and investment

TechCrunch

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. Our job is to support startups and help them all the way to maturity.

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Circularity Tales: Accelerate2030 piloting the transition

Impact Hub

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? Talking about key numbers from the Accelerate2030 Circular Economy program pilots: At the national level, 64 entrepreneurs were selected to take part in the program among more than 450 applicants; .

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

These are people whose business it is to support startups. Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. It's not quite the same when you're putting government money to work supporting new companies. Plus, you lack for visible champions--which is the complimentary air support.