"If you know anything about me, I'm pretty focus-driven," Brandon Shelton tells me over the phone. We're discussing the impetus of the Charlotte Veteran Startup Showcase, and the entity that…
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Veterans played a significant role in the entrepreneurship boom that took place after World War II. While veterans are more likely to be self-employed than their civilian counterparts, the veteran…
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Data from the Q3 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Indexindicates that employers are experiencing high levels of confidence about the state of their local economies and their…
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Business funding has many options. You may want to start a business but how are you going to pay for it? What type of business are you going to start?…
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Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are business imperatives for the venture capital industry, where venture capitalists fund innovative entrepreneurs to enable breakthrough ideas. Understanding the diversity landscape today, including the representation…
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When Anne Dwane became CEO of Zinch, the college matching service, it felt like “diving into a pool needing to figure out how to be a synchronized swimmer.” “It was…
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Larry Fink is the CEO and chairperson of New York-based BlackRock, an investment management firm. BlackRock manages roughly $6 trillion in assets on a global basis. Because of its sheer…
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This project began with a question: What makes veteran entrepreneurs successful? To learn the answer, the National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO) partnered with Purdue University’s Center for Global Urban…
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For decades, military veterans have been a vital part of the nation’s business sector—leveraging the valuable skills they gained during their service to start businesses across the country. However, veteran…
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