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PPP and Women and Minority-Owned Businesses – We Need To Do More
I’ve published a number of posts over the past few weeks about some of the challenges of the existing PPP...
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Entrepreneurship In Puerto Rico Gets A $100M Jumpstart From A Billionaire
A Missouri Biotech Can Test For Coronavirus In The Air. Why Isn’t The Technology Being Deployed In The US?
Why The Pandemic Will Play Out Differently In The Heartland
No Outside Developer Had Worked In OKC’s East Side For 35 Years. Then, An Unlikely Team Stepped Up.
Health
How A Startup Born At MIT Built A COVID-19 Mass Testing Site In Nigeria
Lab scientist explaining sampling process at the testing center set up by MDaaS in Ota, Nigeria. Photo credit: Shessy Studios/Sesan...
A Photographer Captured The Toll On Small Businesses In One Of The Last Areas Under Lockdown
Washington, D.C. and its suburbs are some of the last areas in the country...
Working Remotely – Extending WFH
A few weeks ago, I posted that Foundry had made the decision to remain out of the office until at least...
Meet The Investor Behind The Early COVID-19 Vaccine Success
Noubar Afeyan, whose Flagship Pioneering launched Moderna. Photo by Winni Wintermeyer, courtesy of Flagship Pioneering It’s a sign of the...
Climate
Security
Finance
I’ve published a number of posts over the past few weeks about some of the challenges of the existing PPP...
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The SBA’s implementation of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) has been a mess. The intention was to provide needed relief...
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Jack Bogle wrote: "People matter, and caring about the human being with whom we serve--and whom we serve--must be the...
Read moreEducation
The Other Curve We Should Be Worried About
Summer Learning Loss, particularly in mathematics, is a well-documented phenomenon. Research of seasonal patterns in student learning shows that achievement...
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Ecosystems
Mentorship
For 30 Years, Fred Sachs Has Built And Sold Major Enterprises. Here’s His List Of To-Do’s For Entrepreneurs.
When I was introduced to Fred Sachs as an entrepreneur and farmer who’d make for a good interview, I knew...
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