4,000 American jobs in the U.S. have been created by the joint effort between Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network. Since November, it has raised more than $11.5 million in donations, which in turn translates into approximately $80 million in financing for community businesses. This program aims to help companies create new jobs in the [...]
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Mark Cuban expresses the rather novel idea that the best businesses usually start with no money and that sweat equity is the best startup capital there is. I kind of get what he’s saying, but I want to talk about another important requirement for anyone with a game changing idea: a hackerspace; a makerspace. Hackerspace.org [...]
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