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The New Economy Starts with Support to Underserved Communities

Impact Hub

The focus is on providing personalized support to underserved communities. For this first cohort, the program supported 20 ventures, 70% of whom completed the program, 50% were women, 45% refugees, and 55% were non-EU-migrants. Entrepreneurs from historically oppressed backgrounds (migrants, women of color, rural entrepreneurs, etc.)

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500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson

NZ Entrepreneur

Grow reciprocal relationships in your support network before you need them. Find and grow your support network with people and associations that have the experience and knowledge that you will benefit from. I have always been independent, and asking for support has been a challenge for me. Jenni Matheson – Cofounder.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Circularity tales: Accelerating green impact in Barcelona

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp In June 2022, Impact Hub Barcelona successfully concluded the first edition of “Raíz,” a programme dedicated to supporting and incubating startups and new companies aspiring to integrate circularity principles into their business models and value propositions.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Eric Parker

Ecosystem Builder Hub

An Ecosystem Builder is someone working to make resources available to support entrepreneurs in their community. Originally appeared in the Electrical experimenter magazine in 1919.). I would love to improve my work in getting investors to support pre-revenue ventures. To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder?

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

With talent in sales, marketing, and technology, Niesh was still missing some critical processes and systems – including elements of finance and human resources – to support their growth. Business incubator “ecentre” is based at Massey University’s Auckland campus in Albany. It didn’t work. “We