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| Jun 16, 2026 | Michael Peterman of VeraData named EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Florida Award winner | Michael Peterman, founder and CEO of VeraData, has been named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Florida Award winner — recognized among 11 winners across the state and selected from 592 finalists across 17 regions nationwide. Peterman is... |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Josiah Cox of Central States Water Resources named Entrepreneur of The Year® 2026 Heartland Finalist by EY US | Central States Water Resources Founder and CEO Josiah Cox was named a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 Heartland Award by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US).
ST. LOUIS, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- JOSIAH COX, founder and C... |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Kurt Johnson of FreightPOP named Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Pacific Southwest finalist by EY US | Kurt Johnson, founder and CEO of FreightPOP, has been named a finalist for the 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Pacific Southwest Award, recognizing his leadership, innovation, and the company's rapid growth.
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| Apr 23, 2026 | The business of access: LaTasha Waddy on leadership, the future of NFM, and inclusive lending | |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Inside the World of Elite Networking Groups for Business Leaders A Closer Look at the Impact of Entrepreneurs' Organisation. | Eight entrepreneurs sit across from each other at a monthly forum meeting in Sydney, listening intently as a business owner shares a challenge that could make or break her company.
The room holds dynamic founders, each running businesses wo... |
| Jun 3, 2025 | National Social Entrepreneur Earl Martin Phalen Explores US Senate Run | Phalen Honored by First Ladies Michelle Obama and Jill Biden
The former Vice Chair of the trillion-dollar State Street Corporation, Jim Phalen, would be the exploratory committee chair for his brother Earl Martin Phalen’s potential U.S. Sen... |
| Jan 2, 2025 | Too old to be an entrepreneur? Here are 10 superstar entrepreneurs who started over 50 | As we step into the New Year, the passage of time often brings reflections on the perceived advantages of youth and the challenges of ageing. However, one lesson we’ve learned at EU-Startups is that entrepreneurship knows no age.
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| Sep 8, 2024 | **Headline: Highschooler Develops AI to Revolutionize Early Detection of Alzheimer’s and Brain Tumors** | Share
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At just 12 years old, Nag Shivani Puram has achieved something remarkable—she’s developed an artificial intelligence (AI) project aimed at detecting the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease and brain tumors. As a... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Increase Productivity with This Microsoft 365 Subscription, Now $25 Off It can make the entrepreneur life a lot easier. | Entrepreneurs know the cost of doing business all too well. A study done by Kauffman Foundations discovered that the average cost to just get off the ground is around $30,000, and those expenses increase each year. So when you find a necess... |
| Jun 13, 2024 | EY Announces Jason Brown of MRO as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Greater Philadelphia Award Winner | Celebrating the bold leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize industries and transform lives
GLADWYNE, Pa., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Jason Brown, CEO of MRO was named an Entrepreneur... |
| May 13, 2024 | The Barstow School Receives Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Grant | Funding Will Support Continued Equity and Inclusion Focused Programs and Learning
This support allows us to continue our momentum in creating a community where every member feels valued.”
— David Muhammad, ID+E Co-DirectorKANSAS CITY, MISSO... |
| May 9, 2024 | EY Announces Tony Hartl of The Undefeated Tribe, a Crunch Fitness Franchisee as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Gulf South Award Finalist | Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future
AUSTIN, Texas, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Tony Hartl, CEO of The Undefeated Tribe, a Crunch Fit... |
| May 8, 2024 | EY Announces Purba Majumder of Cybervation as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 East Central Award Finalist | Purba Majumder, CEO of Cybervation
The award, which celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future, recognizes Purba Majumder's pivotal role in transforming industries and positively impacting lives.
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| May 2, 2024 | EY Announces Excella CEO Burton White as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist | Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future
ARLINGTON, Va., May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Excella CEO Burton White of was named an Entrepreneu... |
| May 1, 2024 | EY Announces Jim Loffler and James Loffler of Loffler Companies as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Heartland Award Finalists | Jim and James Loffler, Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Heartland Award Finalists.
Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future
MINNEAPOLIS, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY... |
| Apr 24, 2024 | EY Announces Josh Matthews of Apkudo as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist | Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are shaping the future
BALTIMORE, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that CEO and Co-Founder Josh Matthews of Apkudo was named an Entr... |
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| Feb 15, 2024 | City of Lawrence Joins City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program | Commits to initiatives in entrepreneurship curriculum, resource mapping, and anchor procurement to give underrepresented entrepreneurs more opportunities for economic advancement
The City of Lawrence has committed to initiatives in entrepre... |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Why the Private Sector, Not Public, Must Continue to Lead Impact Investing Private financial institutions and organizations have both money to invest and the motivation to generate a return on double-bottom-line investments, making them the ones who drive the real results in impact investing. | Earlier this year, John Deere and Al Roker Entertainment released a powerful documentary, Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land, that examined why Black ownership of farmland across the United States has dwindled to alarmingly low number... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Startup mythbusting: The seven biggest startup myths | article-article-body
I’d like to share with you some of the major myths I’ve been fighting against in the past five years. Most of them rely on some solid academic observations (and others are just from me). Please share these around to mak... |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Why FMO & Endeavor are partnering again to help African agrifoodtech startups ‘become investment ready’ | Agrifoodtech innovators in Africa are under constant pressure to build business models and operations that will attract venture capitalists.
But though the ecosystem has witnessed an exponential increase in funding over the past decade — fr... |
| Aug 29, 2023 | How Ah-Shí Beauty Founder Is Reclaiming Her Indigenous Heritage | Ah-Shí Beauty founder and CEO Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-ChachereMEDIA MESSIAH/Ah-Shí Beauty |
| May 24, 2023 | Innovating For The Future: A Guide For Product Managers And Engineers | Amrit Jassal is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and cofounder of Egnyte, a leading cloud-based collaboration and governance platform. |
| May 3, 2023 | Spotted: 1 Million Cups MKE | The Milwaukee chapter of 1 Million Cups relaunched May 3 at the Wauwatosa co-working space Expansive.
Local organizer, Dujuan Cherry and 1 Million Cups Midwest Regional Representative, Ben McDougal kicked off the event in front of a small,... |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 1 Million Cups Milwaukee is back | The Milwaukee chapter of 1 Million Cups is set to relaunch its monthly events.
The national program is designed to engage, educate, and connect local entrepreneurs. Founded by the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups is based on the notion ... |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Kauffman Foundation Fund Awards CDFI Grant, Its Third, To DreamSpring | Most entrepreneurs have a hard time getting loans from banks. It’s a big problem for all founders, but especially those from marginalized communities. |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Prince George's County: An Example Of The Shifting Tech Startup Perspective | Husein Sharaf leads Cloudforce, an award-winning D.C.-area consultancy focused on deploying, managing and securing cloud infrastructure. |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Kansas City Scholars Program Expands Its Reach With $50 Million From Kauffman Foundation | The Kansas City Scholars program is expanding its scholarship opportunities with the help of a $50 ... [+] million gift from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Deekay Fox, KC Scholars |
| Feb 1, 2023 | An SBIC Increases The Odds Of Black-Owned Businesses Receiving Private Equity | An SBIC Increases The Percentage Of Black-Owned Businesses Receiving Private Equity getty |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Black women are worn out from discrimination in corporate America. They're leaving to launch their own businesses, creating a hole for talent across industries. | Black women are being pushed out of corporate America by microaggressions, belittling, and burnout.
Some are starting businesses and building teams of their own.
Their departures are likely to hurt innovation and profits in corporate Americ... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | KC Scholars Receives $50 Million Grant to Create New Career Training Opportunities for 30,000+ KC Adults | KC Scholars Logo
KC Scholars is cultivating the most reliable and diverse workforce pipeline for traditional and non-traditional students within our region. These efforts will upskill and help improve the workforce”
— Earl Martin Phalen, CE... |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 3 Facts About Startups First-Time Founders Should Know | Three surprising facts you should keep in mind before you start your startup journey backed by ... [+] stats.getty |
| Nov 20, 2022 | From Fighting Shoplifting To Pioneering Gene Therapies, The Startups In This Accelerator Are On The Front Lines Of “Super Creativity” | When it comes to studying the nation’s shoplifting epidemic, Richelle Ross and Diego Rodriguez have a front-row seat. Working under the guidance of Read Hayes, a research scientist and criminologist at University of Florida, they are part o... |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Update Your Lifespan Model For Greater Growth | Jerry Cahn, Ph.D., J.D., CEO & CLO at Age Brilliantly(.org). Helping proactive people create limitless leadership, lives and legacies. |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps | When Amazon announced its intention to acquire One Medical, a primary care organization that leverages its digital health platform and brick-and-mortar clinics to offer on-demand health care services, it declared “health care is high on the... |
| Aug 23, 2022 | How YouScience Is Closing The Aptitude And Interest Gap | YouScience YouScience |
| Feb 24, 2022 | How the CAPS Network is Transforming Career Readiness | |
| Dec 21, 2021 | HubSpot : The Ultimate Guide to Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship is the process of starting or improving upon a business with the ultimate goal of making a profit.
It often involves great risk and uncertainty, but it's also an opportunity to overcome those challenges and manage multiple ... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Fundamentally altering antitrust laws will harm US startups and slow the economy | Linda Moore Contributor
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| Oct 27, 2021 | Stats Show The Ideal Startup Founder Is Not Who You May Think They Are | Are you wondering if you are at the right stage of your life to become an entrepreneur? Here’s what ... [+] the data says. getty |
| Oct 11, 2021 | The state of the state: Wisconsin’s early entrepreneurship numbers | Amid the disruption of 2020, some saw opportunity.
Earlier this year, the Kauffman Foundation assessed the state of early-stage entrepreneurship in the United States in 2020. The non-profit foundation, founded in 1966 and based in Kansas C... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Four Tips For Finding, Pitching To And Securing Investors | Derek Distenfield is the Co-Founder of GSD Venture Studios. He travels the world investing in resilient teams bold enough to #GoGlobal. |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Тeam, Мarket And Product: A Summary Of The Most Important Things To Keep In Mind As A Startup Founder | The team, market, and product are the three legs that hold up any startup project. Getting this ... [+] particular trifecta right is a must.getty |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Executive Leadership Program for Youth-Serving Leaders of Color Expands to Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C., Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Are you or a leader you know interested in learning more about the 2022 Surge Academy cohort in D.C.? All candidates can fill out this form to be notified of upcoming virtual events as wel... |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Governments should invest in their diaspora founders | Prabhat Gusain Contributor
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| Aug 4, 2021 | Can The Creator Economy Help Democratize Entrepreneurship? | August 4, 2021 7 min read
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The last year has presented extraordinary challenges for women in the workforce. Women lost a net of 5.4 million jobs over the course of the pandemic. ... |
| Jun 27, 2021 | These Tech Companies Run By Emerging Market Immigrants Are Beating The Nasdaq | Immigrants, and first generation Americans continue to rise on the big blue board of Nasdaq. But ... [+] these three here are beating the market. Who are they? And why invest in their companies?KMR Images |
| Jun 17, 2021 | The Key To Closing The Racial Wealth Gap: Black Entrepreneurship | Black Entrepreneurship Innovated Captures |
| Jun 15, 2021 | The Missouri Center for Employee Ownership Receives Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Grant to Raise Awareness of Employee Ownership Benefits | If we’re going to build a Heartland region that includes all communities and voices, we need to start with focusing on growing an inclusive economy that centers entrepreneurship and innovation - Chris Harris, Senior Program Officer, Kauffma... |
| Jun 10, 2021 | How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable For Startups | A case study by Rosabeth Moss Kanter examines what it takes to break gender barriers and build ... [+] thriving businesses in an emerging startup hub. Unsplash/Bruce Warrington |
| May 20, 2021 | 4 cities show how to boost Black entrepreneurship and help close the racial wealth gap | Spears Group; CPR Wrap; CO.LAB; Josh New; Skye Gould/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| May 4, 2021 | BetterLesson Releases Nearly 50 Instructional Strategies to Help Teachers Meet the Needs of All Learners | “Our Master Teachers show us that educators are eager to improve their craft and share their best practices - at any stage in their careers,” said Valerie Librizzi, Senior Manager of Instructional Content at BetterLesson.
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| Apr 27, 2021 | State of Women Entrepreneurship over the years in the United States | Women are strong and fierce and they can excel in any field they want to. Olympic badminton gold medallist Carolina Marin, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, Oscar winner 2021 Frances McDormand are all models of this strength. It is, therefore,... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | TAQADAM, Powered By KAUST And SABB, Invites Applications For Its Fall 2021 Cohort | April 14, 2021 13 min read
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| Apr 3, 2021 | New Changemaking Strategy Energizes Real World Learning In Kansas City | Kansas CityTom Vander Ark |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Your deal flow is not diverse enough | Michaela Villaroman Contributor
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| Feb 26, 2021 | Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments | David Teten Contributor
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| Feb 22, 2021 | President Biden’s Changes To PPP Are A Big Win For Main Street And Business Owners Of Color: Five Key Changes | WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 19: U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House after a trip to ... [+] Michigan on February 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Feb 8, 2021 | It's Never Too Late (or Early) to Become an Entrepreneur | February 8, 2021 6 min read
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| Feb 4, 2021 | For New Congress And Administration: State Of Small Business And Entrepreneurship | President Biden’s American Rescue Plan proposes to allocate $15 billion in “flexible, equitably distributed grants” to one million of the hardest-hit small businesses. It also calls for $35 billion in government funds to leverage $175 billi... |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability | David Teten Contributor
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| Dec 22, 2020 | 12 ways to fund your small business that don't involve venture capital | Arielle Loren, founder of 100K incubator, holds degrees from Harvard and New York University. Courtesy of Arielle Loren
Most small businesses don't access VC when they launch, often relying on savings and credit cards.
There are many ways t... |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Why Entrepreneurs Are Losing Faith In The Economy — And Three Places Trust Can Be Restored | Todd Khozein is the Founder and Co-CEO of impact and innovation company SecondMuse. |
| Nov 23, 2020 | A Computer Simulation Shows Why The Biden-Harris Administration Will Be More Diverse Than The Trump-Pence Administration | US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrive to deliver remarks in ... [+] Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7, 2020, after being declared the winners of the presidential election. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POO... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Against all odds: The sheer force of immigrant startup founders | Niko Bonatsos Contributor
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| Aug 12, 2020 | Como incluir mais mulheres no ecossistema de startups? | * Por Itali Collini
De acordo com o BID (Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento), se nós conseguíssemos igualar a participação de homens e mulheres no mercado de trabalho da América Latina, o PIB regional aumentaria em 16%. Por outro lado,... |
| Jul 16, 2020 | 3 Foundation Leaders On How Philanthropy Can Support Inclusive Small Business Recovery | Getty |
| Jul 15, 2020 | How Government Can Counter Coronavirus’ Impact On Women Entrepreneurs | Women entrepreneursGetty |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Want To Serve Your Country? Start A Business | Getty |
| Jun 13, 2020 | How crowdfunding is supporting Black livelihoods and communities | [Corrected 6/15/2020 to identify Jonny Price as Director of Fundraising at Wefunder.]
The financial challenges facing black entrepreneurs are far reaching. The majority lack the relationships that would get them to either a Silicon Valley V... |
| Jun 13, 2020 | How crowdfunding is supporting Black livelihoods and communities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| May 17, 2020 | How universities can help save the startup model | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Amid the uncertain economic times of COVID-19, ma... |
| May 17, 2020 | How universities can help save the startup model | Amid the uncertain economic times of COVID-19, many startups are experiencing a stress test that may prove too challenging to overcome. A swath of entrepreneurial companies — small and large, new and established — are cutting jobs and pivot... |
| May 7, 2020 | African startups are under threat, and governments need to save them | Share this article:
For most businesses and startups, the harsh economic realities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are beginning to have multi-dimensional effects. Startup founders and employees are either filled with uncertainty at best or... |
| May 6, 2020 | Time To Send In The Small Boats: The Fight For Health And Jobs | The nation continues its struggles against coronavirus — seeking cures, vaccines and treatments – with the predominant focus on the efforts of the big boats – the major pharmaceutical companies. Just as the British learned in the evacuation... |
| May 5, 2020 | Entrepreneurship was already in decline. Now what’s going to happen? | Rates of entrepreneurship have been declining in the United States since the 1970s. Recessions don’t always help.
Though many know the big tech platforms that came out of the Great Recession, and the companies that came from past economic d... |
| Apr 3, 2020 | How To Prevent The Pandemic From Taking A Greater Toll On Women Entrepreneurs | Women entrepreneurGetty |
| Apr 1, 2020 | The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Startup Ecosystems | To better understand the impact of this crisis on startup ecosystems and to help founders and policymakers get through the storm, Startup Genome is launching the COVID-19 and Startup Ecosystems Series, of which this is our first installment... |
| Apr 1, 2020 | How To Manage Innovation During A Recession | Managing innovation through an economic downturn includes defending your existing programs and ... [+] preparing to acquire new assets Getty |
| Mar 31, 2020 | A Guide to Helping Small Businesses Navigate and Recover from the COVID-19 crisis | While the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Congress have attempted to use the SBA loan program to help America’s businesses, accessing the program can be confusing and challenging for entrepreneurs – especially those small business o... |
| Mar 31, 2020 | The Face Of Angel Investing Is Changing. Here’s What You Need To Know | Defocused shot of businesspeople shaking hands during a meeting in an officeGetty |
| Feb 12, 2020 | Investing in Women-Led Edtech Startups Is More Than a Matter of Equity. It’s Also Good Business. | When no female directors were nominated for the “Best Directors” Oscars category this year, Bette Midler called for a new awards ceremony, the Osc-hers.
The entertainment industry is hardly alone in overlooking some of its top talent. Each ... |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Philadelphia prayed for a tech unicorn with a household name. Now what? | Philadelphia needs a big, fast-growing, tech-enabled company with a household name.
For years, that’s been the most consistent diagnosis of how Philly might graduate to the next stage of regional tech economies to take seriously. In the 20 ... |
| Jan 12, 2020 | US population growth is the lowest its been since 1918. Here's why that's terrible news for its economy. | (Getty)
The US population barely grew in 2019, amounting to a 0.48% trickle unseen in a century. It carries major economic implications for the nation's future.
Major factors of the past year's slowdown included fewer US births, a reduced n... |
| Jan 9, 2020 | Deciding how much equity to give your key employees | Lewis Hower Contributor
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| Oct 2, 2019 | Does Philadelphia have enough resources to support entrepreneurs of color? | “I was young, I was Black, and I was a woman. And I found that that was not a recipe for success in Philadelphia.”
That’s not the case for everyone, Martice Sutton, founder of Girls Going Global, a nonprofit addressing the disparity of girl... |
| Sep 18, 2019 | Hybrid Lender Wants to Finance Your Startup with Jewelry Equity | For many entrepreneurs, the greatest challenge to building or growing a new venture is funding. Particularly for startups that are not in the more attractive sectors such as software and technology, raising capital almost always proves to b... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Should your new VC fund use revenue-based investing? | David Teten Contributor
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| Aug 20, 2019 | Why are revenue-based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? | David Teten Contributor
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| Aug 9, 2019 | From Politics to Life Sciences, D.C.’s a Beacon for Inclusive Innovation | Washington, D.C.’s origins as a political hub began 229 years ago when it became the capital of the United States of America to bridge the gap between the south and the north as a compromise. Today, Washington, D.C. is on its way to becomin... |
| Aug 8, 2019 | Philly startups need more early-stage investments to compete | If Philadelphia ever wants to compete with the likes of Silicon Valley and New York City, it needs to fund the innovative ideas and rapid growth of startups.
And we’re well on our way: Venture capital investments to Philly-based companies s... |
| Jul 26, 2019 | This Immigrant Entrepreneur and DACA Recipient Raised Over $15 Million in Funding (Podcast) | July 26, 2019 1 min read
Google. Pfizer. Tesla. eBay. Capital One. AT&T. These companies were all founded, completely or in part, by immigrants, who account for close to 30 percent of all new entrepreneurs in the U.S. Victor Santos, who... |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Siliconned: Leaving Silicon Valley for universities | Silicon Valley has been a tech startup paradise for decades. It has been described as the modern day Florence in the Renaissance. Tech gods from Apple and Google to Facebook and Twitter were born here. We can credit Silicon Valley as the bi... |
| May 9, 2019 | The Global Startup Economy Is Growing, But Who Is Left Out? | Over the past two years, the global startup economy generated $2.8 trillion in economic value. This figure, comprised of startup valuations and exit values, was a 20 percent increase from the prior two-year period. |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Messy Policy and Entrepreneurs Everywhere: Three Takeaways from GEC 2019 | Last week, several of us had the pleasure of participating in the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Manama, Bahrain. Hosted by our partner, the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) and the Bahrain government, the GEC brings to... |
| Mar 5, 2019 | WI Watchlist: Kauffman Ranking, Driverless Shuttles, Space Research | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Here are some of the latest headlines from Wisconsin’s innovation community:
—Well, it’s not last place, but it’s still not a great showing for Wisconsin in the latest assessm... |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Startup investors should consider revenue share when equity is a bad fit | Allie Burns Contributor
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| Jan 29, 2019 | Helping Catalyze Startups in Mexico | Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the High-Level Innovation Forum for Policymakers hosted by the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center. In my experience, the Wilson Center has always put on informative events and thought-pro... |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Columbus dominated Midwest startup growth in 2018 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you were to bet on one city that’s poised to e... |
