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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. More founders generally means more money. No surprises here.

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Venture Capital Investors Look Beyond Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. More founders generally means more money. No surprises here.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

We’ve also proven that giving new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a dedicated, hands-on chance leads to follow-on funding and additional accelerator success across the board. We chatted with some NextView founders to get a sense of how this distilled design worked for their teams.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Written by the founder of social enterprise Tom’s Shoes, this book is full of tips for making a difference with your business. Here in the U.S.

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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

Gust

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. More founders generally means more money. No surprises here.

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Entrepreneurial Journey Takes Melvin Brewing To Denver’s Heights and Beyond

The Startup Magazine

As the founder of the company, he has been steadily expanding the company’s reach through the building of new brewpubs and breweries in many Western cities. Product is shipped to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and San Diego on occasion. They have also begun to test the waters for distribution in Massachusetts.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. Inspired in Zimbabwe The founders of Zimride were inspired by drivers in Zimbabwe, who pick up strangers and give them a lift for a few bucks.