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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. Most government agencies and many large corporations have procurement programs that allot a percentage of their contracts to women-owned small businesses.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. Latinitas’ Startup Chica Conference is on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 at UT Austin McCombs School of Business Rowling Hall.

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A Brief History of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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They began this practice fairly recently, in 1997. Today, the organization is the largest business federation in the US Government. Between 2019 and 2020, the US Chamber of Commerce began an 18-month restoration project. US chamber of commerce lobbying has also made a difference. They continue this work today. Headquarters.

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The Uber IPO – Imaginary Profits Only

Start Up Blog

Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded. Uber IPO 2019 – 10 years after it was founded. It is also highly likely government regulation will further impact its business model as its drivers become legally recognised employees. Google IPO 2004 – 5 years after it was founded.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Warren Buffet, 1997. This data set looks at 8,610 IPOS over 39 years from 1980-2019. “As they say in poker, ‘If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.‘” Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. I want you to focus on the average first day return (over 39 years!)

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