American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They develop a business model identifying the critical factors necessary for a sustainable business. A scalable business model refers to a framework that enables a company to increase revenue without a proportionate increase in operational costs. What Is a Scalable Business Model?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

The theme for this summit is “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future,” which responds to the hemisphere’s most pressing issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to democracy, the climate crisis, and a lack of equitable access to opportunities. . By Jewelle Saunders. The YLAI Fellowship Program is funded by the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Create sustainable giving through social entrepreneurship. You can even create self-sustaining giving. ” Not only are you and your team fulfilling a charitable goal, you’re also supporting team growth. Refer back to it when you need to replenish your giving tank. Start small, as long as you start.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2023

Look Within for Answers I have personally seen the value in supporting flexible work environments. The takeaway from that tale isn’t about speed, but rather healthy and sustainable growth. If you’re growing in a financially stable, sustainable manner and are happy with the pace, that’s great. Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Founder-market-geography fit refers to the optimal alignment of three critical dimensions: the founding team’s competencies, the market demand for the startup’s solution, and the geographic location where the startup is based. Let’s get into it. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A profitable business has a positive operating profit, and also has a sustainable plan to keep it that way. Sometimes, this metric is also referred to as EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes). If your company does not have inventory, then the calculation is simply receivables minus payables.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. You see sustainability of farms as a key attribute in The Bouqs or Green & Blacks chocolate. Curation There are really multiple forms of “curation” that I think can build sustainable differentiation in products vs. the retailer that is selling them.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

This is the realm of venture capital professional investors, with funding amounts of $1-10 million, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding. Typically, they must also change and tune their executive team, to keep up with the increasing demands of a growing company on process discipline and sustainable success.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

government played a decisive role in getting the whole thing kickstarted, and for a period of time, sustained its development in the early stages. The clearest mechanism for this support was wartime expenditures on research and development by the U.S. Later, Nicholas refers to SBIR as a program that encouraged “technology prototyping.”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. We’ve also had some success in convening ecosystem actors to discuss and share programs, refer entrepreneurs, etc. Educating the rest of the world as to why this field is critical, resulting in sustainable resources being deployed across the country.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ironically, that experience with our partners has given them the trust to become our clients and refer other clients as well. On one hand, Shopify allows us to better support our customers on Shopify thanks to the resources available to us as a partner. I refer them web-design clients, and in return, they refer me SEO clients.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Ramon Ray got a chance to talk with Scott Turner, the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which is quite a mouthful, so you can refer to it as WHORC. And of course, how it supports local business. . Opportunity Zones and What They Are.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Coworking spaces support hybrid work models in a variety of ways. Members frequently collaborate, hire one another or refer work through our community. Additionally, we offer supportive and inspiring programming and events to keep members inspired and connected. When — and where — can your team get together? SpaceLab Detroit.

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Feedough

JANUARY 10, 2021

These markets have a sustainable demand but do not see significant growth or innovation any longer. In simple terms, these offerings belong to markets that see less growth but have a substantial market share that generates enough revenue to support the company’s other business activities. Take the printer market, for example.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

. “I’ve always been passionate about sustainability and climate. “Since then, I have been really focused on sustainable materials research. . “Since then, I have been really focused on sustainable materials research. ” Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

An ecosystem builder is a champion for others…” Whether they’re referred to as cheerleaders or champions, many of the Unsung Heroes we interviewed believe that singing the praises of others and amplifying the voices of others in the system is central to being an ecosystem builder. .” Advocating, Championing, Cheerleading. “An

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The six startups making the cut for Subak’s 2022 program will each receive up to £110,000 (~$145,000) of unrestricted grant funding, along with mentorship and support to scale their impact. Joining Subak is really our watershed moment. We’ve seen the work Subak’s first cohort has already achieved.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

The popularity of business incubators has grown in recent years because more people are interested in supporting entrepreneurship. VCs provide guidance and mentorship and test your company’s direction by assessing its sustainability and financial potential. Secure funds from crypto-lending platforms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

“Now more than ever, consumers value convenience, flexibility and sustainability when they shop for and use products. The strong support from our investors confirms not only the important value our service brings to people, but also Grover’s vast growth potential.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements. EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The sector is still pretty nascent in many parts of Africa and has barely scratched the surface even though the millions poured into startups — operating in various facets from haulage to last mile — are yet to build sustainable businesses. So I like to refer to Fez as running a hybrid model.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Klim’s product includes an app that supports farmers to transition to regenerative agricultural methods by helping them set goals and determine the best combination of techniques to apply to their farmland (such as which cover crops to sew for their soil type etc). There’s a financial support side too.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Toward the end of March, IntegrityNext , which helps organizations audit their supply chain partners for compliance with environmental and sustainability governance (ESG) rules, landed $109 million from backers including EQT Growth. Startups selling supply chain tech continue to attract major investor attention — and dollars.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Inside sales teams selling $5-30K products can sustain a deal velocity of 3-8 transactions per month, depending on quota. Enables natural expansion : MongoDB and Ethereum, two database companies with nearly identical revenue trajectories through 2020, both employ usage-based models that have supported their explosive growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was also involved in litigation support engagements, concerning auditors being alleged of professional negligence for not detecting fraud happening in private companies and public listed entities. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

But if you ever forget that supporting extraordinary founders is the whole game, and that your only job as an early stage investor is to identify them and help them progress, you have irretrievably lost the plot. Done right, the intensity of these relationships carries far beyond the duration of the program.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Murray and others I spoke to referred to the movement as “a massive transformation of the food system that will take time.” “The conversion ratio for calories in versus calories out is seven to eight calories for a chicken for one calorie out, while plant-based is one calorie in and one out.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins. But if this 2017-founded Finnish startup, Solar Foods , has its way fermentation could have a very special place in the future of human food too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

To stay ahead of the pack, Memfault plans to use the proceeds from its Series B to expand its platform’s software support (it recently announced Android and Linux SDKs) and invest in out-of-the-box integrations, adding to its existing partnerships with semiconductor manufacturers including Infineon, Nordic Semiconductors and NXP.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

The app supports a command bar, keyboard shortcuts and home screen widgets, as well. Clay’s founders instead refer to their app as a “home for your people,” as it’s attempting to carve out a new space in the market for a more personal system of tracking who you know and how. Image Credits: Clay.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

These free users acquisition cost is referred to as cost per acquisition (CPA). CAC also includes CPA (Cost to acquire free users + cost to develop free product + cost to support free product) as such costs come under marketing expenses as well. So, in freemium and SAAS products like Spotify, Dropbox, SEMrush, etc. CAC And CLV.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s not any news that the world is a little bit off track when it comes to achieving its sustainability objectives. When it comes to exercising and applying sustainability principles in different sectors, mobility is (or at least should be) a priority. The Tourism Innovation Academy: Supporting early-stage tourism startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

Prior to that she was a Reference Librarian at St. From the entrepreneur support organizers who dedicate their time to funneling money and resources to people, to the actual entrepreneurs, non-profit builders, and job searchers who forge ahead despite any number of obstacles.” How can we support you in your efforts?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

It’s kind of just a nice garment that’s extremely comfortable, luxurious, and it’s made ethically and sustainably of natural fibers. But I think our biggest success to date is finding a niche for ourselves and really being able to hone into sustainability and really live and build and grow sustainability.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

We build organizing software for unions and labor orgs — a customizable and private platform for Organizers to support workers all the way from interest / onboarding through to submitting union authorization cards. then a passing reference to Jimmy Hoffa. Will these same groups every formalize for segments like engineers?

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