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4 American Cities That Want Your Business

Up and Running

As local governments work to transform their regulatory environments into ones that promote and nurture the establishment and growth of small businesses, it’s becoming easier to measure and rank their efforts. Manchester, New Hampshire. A regulatory assistance program can make or break it for new businesses.

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Leveraging Nonprofit Strategic Partnerships

Board Effect

The nonprofit established a strategic partnership with Timberland, a New Hampshire-based footwear and apparel company.?. The team painted bathrooms, installed new smoke detectors, added garbage receptacles, stained fences, and spruce top outdoor furniture. example of a strategic partnership ?in strategic plan.

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The Hard Thing About a Hard City: Why I Support Kathryn Garcia for Mayor of NYC

This is going to be BIG.

I trust her to hear out the community, gather all the data, and, unlike our current Towering Ineptitude, actually make a decision—one that she believes is right for New York, not just politically popular. That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. New Yorkers are hard. They want everything yesterday.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push A new federal program that lets states give companies financial incentives for hiring jobless people hasnt gained traction, illustrating the complications of government attempts to tackle unemployment.

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

View from Seed

I started Venture for America back in 2011 with the goal of creating thousands of American jobs in communities around the country. But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news!

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Make Election Day a Holiday: It’s the American Thing to Do

Reid Hoffman

In a 2008 New Yorker essay , Harvard history professor Jill Lepore reveals how the story of voting in America is a story of innovation and experimentation, progress and trade-offs. The proliferation of Voter ID requirements that disproportionately disenfranchise minority communities. There’s a lot of social incentive to vote.”.