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Joe Gelber MBA ’18 thinks he has a great idea for a machine that can help people recycle more efficiently, so to get ideas for moving his idea forward, he attended a Cornell Entrepreneur Network event in partnership with the Cornell Alumni Career Program in New York City on June 18. The event was held at the downtown offices of WilmerHale, a global law firm that is the corporate sponsoring partner of Cornell’s Entrepreneurship Program. “We have renderings of the machine, but we need to test it and see if people will use it,” said Gelber, who has an MBA…
AWS plans to significantly strengthen its support for startups that use cloud infrastructure in response to increasing competition, particularly from Microsoft, in the field of AI services.according to CNBCAWS is doubling the value of the credits offered to certain startups through the Activate program. Starting this July, startups that have recently secured Series A funding will be eligible to receive an increased credit of $200,000, up from the previous $100,000. Seed-stage startups will still be eligible for the $100,000. The revised $200,000 credit also benefits from an extension of its expiration date, previously set at one year, to three years.New…
Ernst & Young LLP (EY) has officially opened applications for the EY Entrepreneurs Access Network (EAN) class of 2025, aiming to provide Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs with the tools they need to scale and grow their businesses. Since the launch of EAN in 2019, EY has been supporting the impact Black and Hispanic/Latino-owned businesses have in their local communities and the U.S. economy as a whole. According to EY Website. Black entrepreneurs and Hispanic/Latinx entrepreneurs have already made a name for themselves, generating more than $183 billion and $800 billion in revenue, respectively. However, there are several obstacles that prevent…
Some say fear is a motivator, and yes, sometimes it can be. But when it comes to taking care of our health, fear often holds us back. In fact, fear is the number one reason women neglect their breast health. Not surprisingly, going to the doctor is not a particularly fun experience. Not knowing what the bill will be, the big question mark of what insurance will and won’t cover. What will the doctor say? What if they find something? The task of having to load your kids into the car or find someone to watch them while you go…
Stock indexes rose on Monday as Donald Trump’s media companies rallied following the Supreme Court ruling. NVIDIA (NVDA) is a member of the Magnificent Seven. Tesla (TSLA) surges on AI news; and Chewy CHWY shares plummeted on the stock market today after meme trader Roaring Kitty acquired a majority stake in the pet food maker. ↑ X Now Playing Want triple-digit gains? Here’s how to find surprising stocks that will give you big returns. As the second half of 2024 began, indexes mostly finished higher. The Dow Jones Index finished up nearly 51 points, or 0.1%, while the Dow Jones…
The stock market got off to a strong start to a historically strong month as investors looked to several important events scheduled for a holiday-shortened week. As a reminder, stock and bond markets closed early on Wednesday and will remain closed on Thursday for Independence Day. This week, despite the market being closed for a day and a half. Economic Calendar Data for people to scrutinize. Today’s data includes the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)It fell to 48.5% in June from 48.7% in May. A reading below 50% indicates a contraction, and this is the 19th…
Investing.com — The S&P 500 closed higher on Monday, buoyed by tech stocks, giving stocks a strong start to the second half of the year ahead of the release of key monthly jobs data later this week. As of 4 PM ET (8 PM GMT), they were up 50 points, or 0.1%, up 0.2% and up 0.8%.The major indexes followed up the previous quarter with a strong start to the new week, which was shortened by Thursday’s Independence Day holiday. In the second quarter, and increased by 3.9% and 8.3%, respectively, while fell by 1.7%. Attention on employment statistics and…
With the official opening of a new Entrepreneur Resource and Navigation Center near Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, small business owners will have a new resource to turn to for help. The Entrepreneur Center is a resource for small business owners looking for basic services such as marketing advice and obtaining basic city licenses. The center is a pilot program of the Sonoma County Opportunity Foundation, formerly known as the Sonoma County Hardship Fund, which was created to help small businesses that don’t qualify for government funding during the pandemic. Executive Director Sally Lopez said the center is not meant…
A few months ago, I was sitting in the audience at a technology conference in San Francisco. BloombergEmily Chang interviews Reid Hoffman. She asked about Microsoft’s hiring of the team at Inflection, an OpenAI competitor that Hoffman co-founded: This wasn’t an acquisition in name only, it was an acquisition in every respect, clearly designed to avoid antitrust scrutiny: Microsoft, on whose board Hoffman sits, not only hired most of Inflection’s employees, but also licensed the startup’s technology in a manner that appears designed to maximize returns for investors. Speaking with Chan onstage that day, Hoffman predicted that what happened to…
BET announces Usher’s speech at the 2024 BET Awards was heavily censored due to an “audio glitch”Usher’s BET Lifetime Achievement acceptance speech was heartfelt, occasionally vulgar and lengthy. And few people listened to it. The 13-minute speech was largely censored by the network, leaving viewers desperate to know what Usher had to say. A BET spokesperson told The Associated Press that a large portion of the speech was “inadvertently muted” due to an “audio glitch.” The full speech, with some vulgarities removed, is now available on BET’s YouTube channel. Much of the speech was about fatherhood, forgiveness and his 30-year…