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| Mar 8, 2025 | Business | Best startup and small business grants for women | The downside is that it can be harder to qualify for a business grant than for a small business loan. You have to be prepared to put some work into the grant application.
However, if you’re a woman starting a new business, it can be much ea... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Founders First CDC Announces the 2nd Annual National $25,000 Pride Grant for LGBTQIA+ Led Small Businesses, Building on Last Year's Success | Cash funds will be provided to 25 LGBTQIA+ business founders nationwide to be used to support their business
SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Founders First CDC (Founders First), a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization t... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Founders First CDC Empowers Pennsylvania and New Jersey Businesses with $100,000 in Grants | SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) July 28, 2023
Founders First CDC, a leading national nonprofit organization recently announced the winners of its Job Creators Quest Grant during a virtual press conference. This year, 25 minority and underrepresented busi... |
| Jul 22, 2023 | National Non-Profit Continues In Texas To Support Diverse-Led Businesses | 2023 Texas Job Creators Quest Grant Our grant programs are not only crucial to sustain year after year, but they hold immense potential in making a significant impact for small business owners who struggle to find funding opportunities.
Dal... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Founders First CDC is Proud to Announce the Recipients of its Inaugural 2023 National Pride Fund for LGBTQIA+-Owned Businesses | The LGBTQIA+ entrepreneur community represents one of many underserved and under-resourced groups we aim to support.
SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) June 29, 2023
Founders First CDC (Founders First), a national non-profit organization 501(c)(3) committed... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Vanguard Accelerator Awards More than $400,000 to support Black, Indigenous, and Latina-Owned Businesses in the Twin Cities | This is the Accelerator’s second round in a multi-year collaboration to accelerate regional economic growth, create job opportunities with higher wages, and provide access to capital needed for businesses to grow and scale.
ST. PAUL, Minn. ... |
| May 30, 2023 | National Non-Profit Continues Support In Philly & NJ To Diverse-Led Businesses | The grant, totaling $100,000, will be awarded to diverse-led businesses that have demonstrated resilience by retaining and growing their workforce
PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) May 30, 2023
Minority-owned businesses continue to regain their footing ... |
| May 14, 2023 | National Non-Profit, Founders First CDC, Awards $25,000 To Businesses Led By Mothers In Honor of Mother's Day | The purpose of the fund is to create opportunities for mothers to enhance, grow and sustain their businesses while also maintaining their family lives.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (PRWEB) May 14, 2023
Founders First CDC, a national 501(c)(3) non-prof... |
| May 6, 2023 | Announcing the National Pride Grant for LGBTQIA+ Led Small Businesses | The LGBTQIA+ National Grant allows eligible small businesses to receive one of 25 grants totaling $25,000. Founders First is committed to increasing the number of diverse founder-led companies generating over $1 million in revenue and creat... |
| May 6, 2023 | Announcing the National Pride Grant for LGBTQIA+ Led Small Businesses | The LGBTQIA+ National Grant allows eligible small businesses to receive one of 25 grants totaling $25,000. LGBTQ-owned small businesses are essential for a thriving LGBTQ+ community and an inclusive economy. These businesses create local jo... |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Vanguard Accelerator to award $300,000 in support to Black, Indigenous, and Latina-Owned Businesses in the Twin Cities | This is the Accelerator’s second round in a multi-year collaboration to accelerate regional economic growth, create job opportunities with higher wages, and provide the access to capital needed for businesses to expand.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (PRW... |
| Mar 9, 2023 | National Nonprofit, Founders First CDC, Awards $100,000 to Illinois Businesses For 3rd Annual Year | “I utilized the grant funds to cover costs of a major project and brought on a contractor to assist in its completion. We successfully completed the project and secured the contract we were targeting, leading to an influx of new work."... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | TurningPoint Executive Search Co-Sponsors National Pride Grant for LGBTQ+ led businesses | TurningPoint partners with Founders First for National Pride Grant
TurningPoint Executive Search Co-Sponsors National Pride Grant for LGBTQ+ led businesses
We are so excited to help bring awareness and financial support to the underserved, ... |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Twin Cities Accelerator Awards Over $450,000 in Investments, Forgivable Loans, and Main Street Grants to grow jobs with Black, Indigenous, and Latina-Owned Businesses | The Vanguard Accelerator grant program will make investments of $5,000 each to three businesses in the Twin Cities region. In addition, the grant recipients will receive a scholarship to the Founders First esteemed Zebra Leadership Program ... |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Founders First CDC Non-Profit to Award $100,000 in Grants for Third Year to Support Illinois Businesses. | Twenty-five grants totaling $100,000 will be awarded to diverse-led companies in Illinois. Apply today! We are excited to bring Illinois a $100,000 business grant fund to be awarded to 25 diverse-led businesses across the state of Illinois.... |
| Dec 15, 2022 | National Nonprofit, Founders First CDC, Awards $100,000 to Southern California Businesses | Because entrepreneurs of color have historically faced systemic inequities and struggled to access capital, it is critical to support organizations like Founders First that can provide resources and growth opportunities to underserved busin... |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Announcing the National Pride Grant for LGBTQIA+ Led Small Businesses | The LGBTQIA+ National Grant allows eligible small businesses to receive one of 25 grants totaling $25,000. LGBTQ-owned small businesses are essential for a thriving LGBTQ+ community and an inclusive economy. These businesses create local jo... |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Founders First CDC Announces 30 Recipients of Job Creators Quest Grant | PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) July 28, 2022
Founders First CDC (Founders First), a 501c3 non-profit that empowers expansion and job creation in diverse founder-led, revenue-generating businesses, has revealed the list of grant recipients for Pennsyl... |
| May 10, 2022 | Founders First CDC Doubles Down on Grant Program for Pennsylvania and New Jersey Businesses | “We’re proud to return to both markets in an effort to build long-term relationships and support the ambitious leaders who are inspiring their communities.”
PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) May 10, 2022
Founders First CDC (“Founders First”), a national... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Representation in research matters, says this Houston expert | Diversifying your human subjects for studies is essential for good research.
"Up to 75 percent of Pacific Islanders are unable to convert an antiplatelet drug into its active form and therefore are at higher risk for adverse outcomes f... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Houston Exponential hires new exec to promote inclusive innovation | Houston's considered one of the most diverse cities in the country, and Houston Exponential is focused on building an innovation ecosystem that's reflective of that.
The nonprofit organization announced a new hire that will lead this initia... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Roundup: Houston startups announce new partnerships, crowdfunding campaigns, and more | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | 4 Houston-area businesses rank among Inc.'s best-led companies in the country | Some Houston-area companies now have some major bragging rights — and perhaps, an influx of resumes on the way. Inc. magazine has released its new list of the country's 250 best-led midsize companies, and four Greater-Houston firms are in t... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from dating tech to investment — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Erica Sinner, founder o... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Houston biotech company raises $15M round led by Chinese health care investor | A Houston-based biotech company that was founded by a University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center doctor has closed a fresh round of funding.
Cellenkos closed its $15 million series A round led by BVCF Management, based in Shanghai, China... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Overheard: Energy transition experts weigh in at Houston climatetech conference | This week, world leaders are discussing climate change and the future of our planet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, but local leaders were also discussing much closer to home.
Greentown Labs hosted its ... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Hardworking Houston suburb tops list of biggest boomtowns in Texas | The Houston suburb of Conroe has come a long way since Civil War veteran Isaac Conroe planted roots there in October 1881 with the purchase of a tract of land and the establishment of a sawmill.
Fast forward 140 years, and Conroe now reigns... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, , and more.
3 Houston innovators to know... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Nuro scores $600M, Houston e-commerce startup launches ESG tool, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Houston expert explains health care's inequity problem | We are currently in the midst of what some have called the "wild west" of AI. Though healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, the regulation of AI in this space is still in its infancy. The rules are being written ... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | University of Houston: 3 problems with the 'covidization' of science and research | It has been – and for a while, will be – everywhere. The words: COVID-19, coronavirus and pandemic. According to an article by Holly Else in Nature, "coined in April by Madhukar Pai, a tuberculosis researcher at McGill University in Mo... |
| Nov 1, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to clean energy — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Carolyn Rodz, CEO and... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | MassChallenge's 2021 Houston cohort snags cash prizes in 12th annual showcase | Nine startups that went through the 2021 Houston cohort for MassChallenge Texas have received cash prizes from the global accelerator.
Now in its 12th year, Boston-based MassChallenge awarded 39 equity-free cash and investment prizes to 36 ... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | Houston bioprinting startup to be acquired for up to $400M | Houston-based Volumetric Biotechnologies has gone from startup to nine-figure acquisition in a mere three years.
Volumetric, which makes 3D-printed human organs and tissues, agreed October 27 to be purchased by publicly traded 3D Systems, a... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a new partnership between The Ion and Ca... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston makes the grade as a top place to live after college, says new report | For many college students, it's tough to imagine life after college when they're cramming for exams and cranking out research papers. Yet the time does come when they'll venture into the "real world" with their degrees.
Before gra... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston expert: Prime times for cyber-attacks and how to stay protected | October is cybersecurity awareness month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Be mindful of timing
Cyber actors target certain t... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Houston university's MBA program claims coveted top spot of annual ranking | Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business has raked in yet another top spot on an annual list of top MBA programs.
A new ranking from Poets & Quants, which covers news about business schools, puts Rice at No. 3 among the world... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Renewables are Houston's next chapter, says this expert | Houston has long been known as an innovative city — from medicine to technology to creative cuisines (see Viet-Cajun). I am always proud to see how cultures, education, and change come together to build the fabric of our city. As we look fo... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Greentown Labs hires former Houston sustainability exec | The country's largest climatetech startup incubator has made a strategic new hire.
Lara Cottingham is the new chief of staff for Greentown Labs, a Boston-area company that opened in Houston earlier this year. Cottingham previously served as... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Hardworking Houston clocks in as top-10 U.S. labor market, report says | Houston is proving its worth as a robust employment center.
A new report from Dallas-based ThinkWhy, a producer of talent intelligence software, ranks the Bayou City No. 8 overall in the top-performing labor markets in the country.
The Grea... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Texas-based startup investor and mentorship network announces new Houston HQ | A company that supports entrepreneurship and startups across the Lone Star State with mentorship and funding has announced its new homebase in Houston.
Capital Factory has revealed a new programming partnership with The Ion. Through the col... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | With $150M in VC raise, this Houston company is re-envisioning the future of e-commerce operations | If you're operating a business that sells a product online, you have several options for software to support your efforts and needs as a merchant. However, as one group of Houston entrepreneurs realized, there wasn't a streamlined, one-stop... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Report: Texas is home to a not-so happy workforce | Call it the Bayou City Blues. A report from job website Lensa ranks Houston third among the U.S. cities with the unhappiest workers.
The report looks at four factors — vacation days taken, hours worked per week, average pay, and overall hap... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Rice rises to top of new ranking of Texas colleges and universities | If Texas had one Ivy League school, it would have to be Rice University.
Time after time, the Houston school ranks as the best college or university in Texas and one of the best in the country. Personal finance website WalletHub just added ... |
| Oct 15, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included new innovators to know, a roundup of what startups raised fu... |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Houston research: Customer loyalty programs are effective — but not in the way you might think | Almost everyone who has shopped at a supermarket or hopped on a plane has been invited to join a customer loyalty club. But even the businesses that offer these programs are sometimes unsure of who uses and benefits from them most.
Rice Bus... |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Rice University edtech startup adds new partners | Rice University's educational technology initiative has added nine technology partners that will supply everything from business simulation software to test preparation tools.
The initiative's OpenStax Ally program enhances OpenStax textboo... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Houston university named among best schools in U.S. for Hispanic students | Hardly surprising in the most diverse city in the nation, a local college is among the tops in serving the educational needs for Hispanic students.
The University of Houston has been ranked among the top 100 Hispanic-Serving Institutions in... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included new innovators to know, events you can't miss this month, a ... |
| Oct 7, 2021 | Houston startups raise funds, enter into new partnerships, and more local innovation news | Houston startups across industries have been moving and shaking these past few weeks, and there's a chance you may have missed some of these Houston innovation stories.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, two Houston... |
| Oct 6, 2021 | The Ion Houston serves up new tenant for its Midtown innovation hub | Rice University's new innovation district will include a place to kick back and have a beer. The Ion announced that it has added Second Draught to its roster of bars and restaurants.
Slated to open early next year, Second Draught will featu... |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Innovative travel adviser talks Houston tech and advice for female founders | When the pandemic hit, it's safe to say that everyone in the travel industry panicked. Sarah Groen, who founded her company Bell and Bly Travel in 2017, caters her expertise to planning luxury travel experiences, and she didn't want her cli... |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Nonprofit awards 10 Houston companies over $30,000 in grant funding | A national nonprofit has granted $100,000 in funding to 31 companies across the state. Ten of the recipients are based in Houston.
Founders First CDC — an organization that supports diverse founder-led, revenue-generating businesses — named... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from energy to health tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Amy Chronis, Houston managi... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Houston park accepts $10M donation for innovative ecological project | As Houstonians have been witnessing for the past few years, Memorial Park is in the midst of a renaissance, with a game-changing land bridge in the works, the recently opened Eastern Glades, and more than $200 million in improvements slated... |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Money Moves: Bucks County-based Astarte Medical raises $7.6M | Bucks County-based Astarte Medical, maker of NICUtrition, a suite of digital tools and diagnostics that supports feeding protocols, practice and decision-making in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) for premature babies, has raised $7.6 ... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Founders First Announces 2021 Kitty Fund | Founders First CDC, a San Diego, CA-based 501(c)3 non-profit that empowers expansion and job creation in diverse founder-led, revenue-generating businesses, announced its 2021 Kitty Fund.
The fund was matched by Barbara Clarke of The Impact... |
| Meet the PAGE Hurdle Fund, taking aim at the racial wealth gap for entrepreneurs | Across the United States and in the Philadelphia region, minority businesses — especially those that are owned by African Americans or Indigenous people — often lack the flexible capital that comes from generational and family wealth. The t... |
