VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

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. G iven the economic needs driving them, we’re seeing a surge in business starts post-pandemic. She had $37 in food stamps to her name.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2019

EforAll’s mission is to accelerate economic development and social impact through inclusive entrepreneurship in emerging communities. They also locate their programs outside, but near, communities that are traditional hubs for entrepreneurship. While there’s been tremendous growth in Colorado, it has been uneven across the state.

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VC Adventure

MAY 6, 2020

And the program itself – based on W2 payroll and primarily benefiting businesses that were in a position to open up quickly – failed to address the kinds of businesses most likely to be started by this new generation of entrepreneurs. We can and must do better.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There are many companies that are competing to be the “operating system” for small businesses. Among those competing for this vision are PayPal/eBay, Square and Groupon, with each struggling to pull together pieces of the equation and, importantly, reach the small business in a cost-efficient manner at scale.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Besides the financial benefits that sharing space provides, coworking offers access to networking and communities that can be invaluable to any new or growing business. BLUE 1647 is a coworking space dedicated to fostering collaboration, entrepreneurialism, and creativity across many different disciplines and businesses.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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