Manhattan College is launching “[email protected],” a program to facilitate student entrepreneurship. Led by the O’Malley School of Business collaborating with schools across campus, the program will foster a comprehensive entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus. Students with ideas for new businesses will form teams and engage in startup workshops, connect with entrepreneur […]
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UT Spinout GenXComm Lands $20 Million in Funding to Develop Technology for Private Cellular Networks
GenXComm,a telecommunications startup spun out of the University of Texas at Austin, announced it has raised $20 million in funding. Motive Companies led the Series B round with participation from Rain Next-Gen Communications and existing investor BMW iVentures. The Austin-based company plans to use the funding to accelerate its product […]
Eventus Systems Closes on $30 Million in Funding
Eventus Systems, an Austin-based trade surveillance provider for major digital asset exchanges, announced it has closed on a $30 million round of funding. Centana Growth Partners led the Series B funding which included participation from DRW VC, CMT Digital, Jump Capital, LiveOak Venture Partners and several new strategic investors. The […]
President Biden’s COVID-19 Plan | The White House
President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool to combat COVID-19 and save even more lives in the months […]
Small beginnings: 10 ways to get your business off to a good start | Work & careers
Maybe the pandemic made you reassess your lifestyle and work, or maybe you already had considered going it alone and have been waiting to take the plunge. Either way, if you have decided to start your own business you should be prepared for a challenging time as you get to […]
Corti.ai Raises $27 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Patient Consultations With Artificial Intelligence
Danish software company pioneers new category of AI and Machine Learning to improve patient consultations. The funding will help expand the company’s patient base from 15 to 100 million consultations a year. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 09, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corti.ai, one of the leading SaaS companies in the fast-growing category of Artificial […]
Lessons from Western New York’s Open4 program
In February 2020—barely a month before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down New York—Tommy Summage, a Black small business owner in Buffalo, was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by a local nonprofit. After more than a decade of overcoming barriers, Summage finally received the business advice and local nonprofit loans he […]
Grants approved for more businesses in downtown Beaver Dam | Regional news
Workers paint the façade of a building in downtown Beaver Dam last month. Downtown businesses continue to pursue projects to improve the aesthetic appearance of buildings under a city grant program, and several received funds on Wednesday. CHRIS HIGGINS, Daily Citizen The city of Beaver Dam’s downtown redevelopment committee approved […]
From buses to clean water to cheaper housing, Nevadans weigh in on how to spend billions in federal aid
At a Clark County Commission special meeting in July, Trinh Dang, the executive director of Southern Nevada’s branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, made a simple request — could the county invest some of its share of funds from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) into expanded mental health […]
SCORE is especially seeking Spanish-speaking mentors and those willing to share their expertise with its Latino client base.
It will take a small army of business mentors and experts to help America’s small businesses build back from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic – and SCORE is issuing a broad call for additional volunteers to help Hispanic entrepreneurs. “We are seeing an unprecedented need for mentoring and expertise […]