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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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Amazon “Swipes Left” On New York City

Haystack

Today, Amazon announced it will entirely abandon its plans to build its second headquarters (a/k/a “HQ2”) in Long Island City, a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. I believe this will be talked about for months, which in today’s news cycle is saying something.

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Five Categories with Corona Tailwinds

View from Seed

Union Square Hospitality Group, one of the largest restaurant groups in New York City with brands like Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe, is laying off more than 2,000 workers (about 80% of their total staff). It also removes transportation constraints for individuals who are unable to commute to a physical doctor’s office.

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NYC: Regulatory nightmare for tech startups trying to conduct consumer friendly businesses

This is going to be BIG.

New York City is a fantastic place to live--I''ve been here all my life. So when the city government seems to be bending over backwards to make tech companies want to start and grow their businesses here, conducting business here might be another story. It''s embarrassing for us as a tech community.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. I deliberately tried to work with people that I could learn a lot from and really engrain myself into the community. AT: Great question.

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Funding Sources for Your Nonprofit

Up and Running

You probably know everything there is to know about your community or cause, but making decisions about the right approach to handling nonprofit finances can be a challenge. For some organizations, government funding is ideal and straightforward. Supporters participate in a fundraiser for AIDS-related causes in New York City.

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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. Currently, Nereyda is a Global Program Manager at Facebook where she leads global outsourcing initiatives for its community operations team.