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Small Business Aid Off To A Halting Start; Treasury Closes The Door On Contractor Costs
For the first time, there is a safety net for entrepreneurs, including small business owners, freelancers and indenpedent contractors.
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Health
Why The Pandemic Will Play Out Differently In The Heartland
Kristin Smith started Wrigley Tap Room & Eatery Kristen Smith came home to Corbin, Ky., after grad school in California....
Air Purifiers See Surge Of Sales. Scientists Say They Work Against Viruses, Too.
AtmostAir and RGF report sales increases of three to five times since the beginning of the pandemic.
Could We Test For Coronavirus In Sewer Systems, Tracking The Spread? MIT Entrepreneurs Have A Solution That Could Work
Mariana Matus (l) and Newsha Ghaeli, founders of Biobot As the deadly cracks in our public health system have become...
A Missouri Biotech Can Test For Coronavirus In The Air. Why Isn’t The Technology Being Deployed In The US?
Coronavirus (COVID-19) A small Drexel, Missouri-based company is selling devices to detect coronavirus in the air to public health agencies...
Climate
Security
Finance
Times of Entrepreneurship Editor Elizabeth MacBride's dog, Fia. This post originally ran on Seth Levine's blog, VC Adventure. I took...
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Paul O’Brien, CEO of MediaTech Ventures The massive losses in the stock market in March, which is closing the week...
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Judy Robinett, board member of several venture capital firms and an advisor in angel groups who also speaks and writes...
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A Pair Of Social Entrepreneurs Start To Win In The Daycare Disruption Space
Elizabeth Szymanski (right) and Erica Mackey Wes Selke was keen to invest in childcare startup MyVillage based on his experience...
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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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