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16 year old Arushi Agarwal, founder of Unknown16 is providing free virtual education to children in Bihar from New Jersey

Our Own Start-up

Along with this, Arushi also happens to be a UN Climate Action Speaker and activist. She has also launched her first book Project: Hackathon which is available on Amazon.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

states for-profit companies can accept donations and nonprofit companies earn revenue, which dispels the myths that a nonprofit can’t make money, or a for-profit venture would miss out on donations. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S.

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Navigating Seasonality While Keeping Cashflow Healthy

YoungUpstarts

As Kabbage customers explain, managing seasonal impact on revenue requires preparation – and if possible, alternate ways to bring money in the door. Launching new services for traditionally slow seasons. To even out cash flow, he recently decided to stage some summer home expos on the New Jersey shore, aimed at vacation home owners.

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I don’t miss the silicon valley (and you shouldn’t either)

The Startup Toolkit

After ~120 meetings everywhere from Boston & New Jersey to LA & Sand Hill Road, we gave up, dug in our heels, and got back to building our business. The vast majority of VC rounds go to revenue generating companies. 60% are for revenue generating companies with a sellable product. Funding can be a red herring.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Use competition among governments to your advantage, eg, if New York or North Carolina doesn’t want Tesla, put the store in New Jersey, across the river from Manhattan, increasing New Jersey’s tax revenue. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc. Cut deals with the rent seekers.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations. PTA Portals. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Use competition among governments to your advantage, eg, if New York or North Carolina doesn’t want Tesla, put the store in New Jersey, across the river from Manhattan, increasing New Jersey’s tax revenue. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc. Cut deals with the rent seekers.