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Brands Gone Berserk: Early Days of Threads Was a Small Brand Bonanza, But...
The first days of Threads, Meta’s new text-based social media platform designed to rival Twitter, were described as “unhinged,” “chaotic,” and “off the rails,” by some users. Specifically, those who...
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VC Spotlight: Unshackled Ventures Closes $35M To Fund Immigrant Founders
Immigrants start businesses at twice the rate of native-born Americans. But many potential immigrant entrepreneurs face an awful headache: the paperwork required for work authorizations and permanent...
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Entrepreneurs and Innovators of Color Face An ‘Existential’ Threat
A New $50M Fund in Baltimore Launches into a National Political Storm A leading Black venture capitalist, Luke Cooper of Baltimore-based Latimer Ventures, is busy raising a $50 million venture fund...
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She Stepped Away From an ExxonMobil Career for a Venture to Save River...
Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro harvested the reedy stems of the water hyacinth from a dam near Ibadan with a particular mission in mind. With deceptively beautiful blue flowers, water hyacinths are a blight...
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7 Financial Lessons for Founders
The United States is in the midst of a surge of small business formation. In 2022, about 1.7 million people filed to start new businesses, according to the Economic Innovation Group’s analysis of U.S....
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A Billion Kids on the African Continent Are Entering School. Enko Education...
In 2011, Eric Pignot enrolled in business school at MIT after seven years in the technology sector. He was seeking more control over his destiny, and a way that he could make a difference. At MIT, a...
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Commentary: American Enterprise is In Danger from Recent Court Ruling
A few weeks ago, the American Alliance for Equal Rights won a legal victory in an Atlanta when the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporary blocked a small venture capital fund, Fearless Fund,...
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Editor’s Note: A Message From Bethlehem
I’ve been taking some time off this fall and spring to work on a mid-career program, studying AI and disinformation and the way they affect our economy and society. And, I’m working on a couple of...
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Commentary: Why Corporate VC Will Be More Important In 2024
Startups have long been the engines of innovation, driving change and challenging established industry standards. Their entrepreneurial spirit and fresh ideas have revolutionized various sectors, from...
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Statistics Say These Are The Two Most Damaging Misconceptions About Investing
Most people start investing with some unfortunate misconceptions in mind. Here’s the first one we write about in The Little Book of Robo Investing: How To Make Money While You Sleep: Investing means...
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