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Times of Entrepreneurship: Weekly Headlines, Feb. 14-21
Here are the key headlines for the week of Feb. 14-Feb. 21, 2020. Miracle in Oklahoma City Developers tried and failed for ...
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Health
A Powerful Egyptian Woman Led A $670 Million Health Care IPO
Few people, even in Egypt, have heard of Hend El Sherbini. But she built a publicly held lab company with...
A Solution For Autism Education, Born In Rural Turkey
Otsimo's founder Zafer Elcik with his younger brother, Alper. Hasan Zafer Elcik’s little brother Alper was diagnosed with severe autism...
The 80-Year-Old Investor Behind Some Of The World’s Biggest Health Data Companies
John Sculley has invested in Zeta Global, RxAdvance, Celularity, PeopleTicker, Lantern Credit and FlexPharma, among others. John Sculley is often...
Raising An Inclusive Fund Was The Hardest Thing This Portland Entrepreneur Ever Did
Nitin Rao thought it would take about a year more to raise $13 million for two funds, which formed in...
Climate
Finance
Part of a series on right-sizing capital Jill Castilla had just driven under the giant railroad trestle on Broadway Extension...
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Susan Choe was literally climbing in the Gobi Desert when she got the call that launched her into a new...
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PitBull is one of the celebrities invested in Miami's bid to become an international technology hub. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy...
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Founder Story: SuperMama, The Arabic Language Parenting Portal, Exits
Yasmine ElMehairy If you are a founder with a recent exit or successful fundraise, and you’d like to publish lessons...
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Ecosystems
Mentorship
A Bad Ass Woman In Oklahoma City Gets The Credit She Deserves
The startup scene in Oklahoma City owes a lot to Erika Lucas, founder of an accelerator called Stitch Crew. She's...
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