The Current Innovation Landscape Everyday all around the world thousands of visionary entrepreneurs are inventing new products and services with great ideas, enabled by their creative concepts. Their goal is to create great companies driven by their innovation to make money as well as create a better world. However, breakthrough innovations do not materialize until […]
BETA, a 501(c)(3), is a leader within Minnesota’s vibrant startup ecosystem, having created Twin Cities Startup Week, founded in 2014, and the BETA Cohort, a twice-yearly series of programs designed to provide the education and leadership skills necessary for first-time business founders to accelerate their startups. The Twin Cities startup community has demonstrated incredible growth
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The story of brio! starts with founders Miguel Cardona and Jose Nieves meeting the first day of third grade. The two, still strangers to the English language, bonded when teary-eyed Jose asked Miguel how to say “sharpener” in English. The friendship continued into their adolescent years where Jose grew up as the oldest son in
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Branch is a mobile-first technology that helps workers grow financially. Filling the gap for low-income working Americans that are underserved, Branch is a mobile-first technology that helps employees grow financially by providing transparent and equitable financial services. Starting in 2015,Branch has always built solutions with the needs of the hourly worker in mind. The company
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The All Stars Project, Inc. (ASP) is an action and thought leader in the emerging field of Afterschool Development, a new way of engaging poverty. Through its free programs for inner-city youth and their families in Newark and Jersey City, the All Stars Project of New Jersey helps people to transform their lives by using
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In 2014, I met—and fell in love with—the All Stars Project and its Afterschool Development approach as a new way of engaging poverty. I have always loved to perform—discovering dance as a teenager and growing up poor in Teaneck was a life-changer for me—and I immediately saw the effectiveness of the All Stars’ performance approach
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Tech Dump is a certified electronics recycling and refurbishing social enterprise. As one of the largest collectors of e-waste in the state of Minnesota, we have processed more than 25 million pounds of electronic waste—all while adhering to the highest standards of data security, employee safety, and environmental standards. We use our business model to
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Social Impact Movement builds partnerships to promote social change in Miami by highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Connecting business leaders, enterprises, organizations, and government, linking local social responsibility actions to the global goals. Social Impact Movement was founded in 2016 with the mission to connect people to social-related topics. It took us more than
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Founded in 2016 by publisher and entrepreneur, Dan Dillard, foundingAUSTIN has included the stories of more than 100 founders, entrepreneurs and masters of their crafts including such notables as John Paul DeJoria, Tito Beveridge, Camila Alves McConaughey, Jimmie Vaughan and Andy Roddick. At foundingAUSTIN we know what success looks like — it looks like the
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As a CEO, entrepreneur, private company owner, and public company officer, Dr. Wayne Tamarelli’s 40+ years of experience have encompassed general management, entrepreneurship, new ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and many more. He also has investments in several wine industry businesses. His primary business activity is as a professional venture capital angel investor. He specializes in
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AWT generates growth, profits, and excitement through early-stage technology investing. A portfolio of private equity investments, AWT also provides business advisory support and board participation. AWT Private Investments is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship, especially when it comes to technology businesses. The firm looks for R&D-based seed, startup, and early-stage companies, and also those that
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TheVentureCity is a new growth and acceleration model, helping diverse startups in the tech ecosystem scale-up to achieve global impact. Our mission is to democratize opportunities for high-potential founders around the world. Backed by an international Dream Team, we offer a unique skillset and a mindset approach that are rarely found outside of Silicon Valley.
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Pitch Night MIA is a monthly pitch competition designed to bring the startup community together for a night of entertainment, education and collaboration. Miami right now is buzzing with an influx of innovative people, businesses, and opportunities. With everything being so new, it can be challenging for founders and investors to navigate through
We’re an accelerator for social impact. We scout for people solving the issues that matter most to the future of our region and help them scale their impact. We mobilize locals to get engaged in strengthening our region, and we connect organizations and leaders to increase greater change together. Miami is the perfect storm for
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NORDES Consulting is a boutique firm specializing in business management, divestitures, mergers & acquisitions, and project management. Its tailored solutions leverage proven best practices, and by keeping frameworks streamlined and lean, NORDES allows clients to focus on their core business, no matter the circumstances in which they find themselves. Rodrigo Rodríguez-Novás can tell you as
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Knight Foundation is a national foundation with strong local roots. We invest in journalism, in the arts, and in the success of cities where brothers John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers. Our goal is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy. Photo by Julian
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The Story Begins Collab Space founders Emile Salem and Blair Kilrea noticed a gap in the Ottawa-Gatineau community. Below the surface of a quiet government city, many exciting, unique, and groundbreaking ideas were being conceived. Yet, the minds behind these ideas were facing a mountain of challenges to make them a reality. To make matters
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The Founders Fund is Canada’s first online accelerator that emphasizes not only investing in your own success as a founder but also paying it forward. They support women-identifying entrepreneurs during every stage of their growth. Started by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the Founders Fund believes they don’t need one company or one person to make a
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The L-SPARK acceleration model positions companies to propel their revenues to $100k MRR and beyond. Leveraging established relationships with key venture capital firms, angel investors, and the investment community at large, L-SPARK’s goal is to scale Canada’s best in SaaS to 10x revenue growth and Series A funding. L-SPARK also drives innovation with its two
ELEVATOR PITCH Unit DX is a science incubator in Central Bristol. By bringing together specialist facilities with science-focused business support, we have been instrumental in creating a new scientific ecosystem in Bristol. While the city has long been a host of world-class research, it now has the support in place to retain and host cutting-edge
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ELEVATOR PITCH There are nearly 900 reasons to explain why Bristol’s NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator is the place to be if you’re starting or scaling-up a business. And it’s a number that keeps growing every year. OUR STORY Part of the UK’s largest fully-funded business accelerator network, the Bristol hub at NatWest’s Trinity Quay offices on
