A joint effort between JPMorgan Chase’s Small Business Forward Initiative and the University of Washington Foster School of Business’ Consulting and Business Development Center, Ascend 2020 will grow inner-city businesses and minority-owned businesses by creating local ecosystems in major metropolitan areas across the US.
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The Gift of Ascend 2020: The birth of a woman-owned health tech company
Originally posted by Dr. Lisa MD I’ve been called a visionary, a dreamer, an explosively creative person who is always asking, “What if….?” Although my career in the health sector has been successful, I’d still be characterized as a foreign body in highly...
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Melissa Bradley, managing director of Project 500 Melissa Bradley is the managing director of Project 500, a public-private partnership program to help diverse businesses scale their companies. Bradley is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown...
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Smart leadership in smaller businesses can make a transformational impact on their companies and the global economy, argues DR TIFFANY BUSSEY. Her doctoral thesis at Heriot-Watt is helping to inform dynamic and diverse start-ups in Atlanta. Report by Kenny...
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