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7 Steps to Driving Impact in Community Banking

Board Effect

As businesses that often support underserved communities, community banks can be instrumental in creating long-term positive changes for individuals and businesses. In recent years, economic disruptions and technological advancements were already challenging community bank boards when COVID-19 emerged.

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A Great Example of A Professor’s Involvement With A Startup Community

Feld Thoughts

I have a chapter in Startup Communities that uses CU Boulder – and specifically Silicon Flatirons – as an example of a much better way than the traditional approach (circa 2012) for a university to engage with the startup community. Phil’s note to the Silicon Flatirons community follows. You are awesome.

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Top 14 Sites to Promote Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

Most of all, they have a strong community of followers who are hungry for new information about apps, software, and new startups. They have a really active community, so you can easily connect with other bloggers and share your content with them. It also has an active and engaged community of young professionals. Best of all.

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The Need For Empathic Business Leadership In The COVID Environment

YoungUpstarts

When the world is facing a life-threatening virus that spreads through physical contact and could infect anyone, the business community has a chance to hold the mantle of economic support for everyone in need. Center for Monitoring Indian Economy reported that 27 million youth in the age group of 20-30 years lost their jobs in April 2020.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. Let me introduce other material that may be good for our community. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00

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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

First, the Bitcoin global popularity increased after the financial crisis of 2008 which led many to question the stability of national currencies and fiat money. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralised form of digital currency that uses cryptography to maintain security and anonymity (Nakamoto 2008).

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Calling Financial Innovators

VC Adventure

Sweet Grace was born in 2008, as the Great Recession ripped through the United States, particularly affecting working-class communities like Lawrence, Massachusetts where Danaris lives. How could this function in communities and Main Streets in America? She can identify the exact minute the bakery was born.