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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

But don’t fret—community lenders are helping small businesses. Meet the community lenders. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are one type of community lender. They are usually nonprofit organizations committed to the mission of making capital accessible to the communities they serve.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

We spend way too much time, particularly in and around the New York area, teaching fundraising versus company or product building. They didn’t wait for a curriculum change or some government grant money to come through (although they just got Kaufmann money for it). ” It’s true. Step #2: Pitch investors.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” On the other had, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami winds up with a fantastic community feel and vibe but struggles to produce big companies. It takes work.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Who else would publicly try to launch people into space so that one day we might be able to fly people from New York to Tokyo in 90 minutes. Now they are partners.

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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

in Economics, with concentrations in Finance, Management, and Entrepreneurship, and will be returning to J.P. David is a sports fanatic, and if you see an extra spring in his step, you can be sure one of his beloved Boston teams has gotten the better of its New York counterpart. Morgan Chase in the fall as a full-time analyst.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

It’s really a lovely concept, and as can be expected the company has been featured on the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and on and on. They emailed billionaire investor Mark Cuban, asking him for financing. Look to the government.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. Second, most websites that a non-Chinese would use are blocked including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Docs, Scribd, Blogspot, Dropbox, New York Times, etc. Most of their parents still tell them to work for the government or a big company.

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