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Investor Series: Bobbi Bidochka Works With Startups From Ground Up

In Funding, Investor Interviews, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Bobbi Bidochka is a Venture Associate with TandemLaunch, Inc., a venture capital fund and startup foundry that partners with driven entrepreneurs to create successful and disruptive deep tech companies.  Her work there has helped to create a hefty launch rate for entrepreneurs with tech that changes the landscape for spaces that make a difference in our world.  Bobbi also has …

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Investor Series: Vandana Tolani of Convanto Shares Details on Properly Engaging Investors

In Investor Interviews, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Vandana Tolani, Founder and CEO of Convanto headquartered in India, has developed her own path to helping entrepreneurs get funded, and she does so backed with a great deal of experience.  Vandana’s work prior to launching Convanto in 2019 includes some “heavy lifting” in the global investments space working with venture groups and large fund portfolios.  Her experience in this …

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Stephen Hobbs’ Favorite Mentor Was a 14-Year-Old Girl With a Gun Pointed at His Face

In Economic Development, Mentorship, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Dr. Stephen Hobbs spends a lot of his hours in the day working on his business, Wellth Movement Calgary, which is situated in the wellness space.  It’s very much about helping people to live a whole life. But, he’s also working on a grandparents/grandkids nature project and a mentor certification program.  Add to that some large-scale global infrastructure projects with …

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Takeaways from 2020 Frontrunner Interviews and How They Could Impact Your 2021

In Frontrunners Nation, News by Mary Kurek

We’re so blessed with a magazine full of interesting people and loads of rich interviews that provide us all with a nice big dose of inspiration to fulfill our own mission toward impact.  The year 2020 provided me, as the Publisher, with plenty of “aha” and “you’re kidding me” moments.  I’ll list some of them here with links to the …

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Investor-Advisor Interview: Sara Wimmercranz

In Investor Interviews, News by Mary Kurek

Sara Wimmercranz fills many business roles, but, of note, it was her role as a founder and entrepreneur that pushed her into working to bring investments to the undiscovered “gems” – the entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s problems in creative ways.  As the founder and CEO of BackingMinds, Sara works to ensure that equity in funding emerges successful, and …

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Abby Stern of HITLAB’s Women’s Health Tech Initiative on Assisting Femtech Growth

In Features23, Health by Mary Kurek

Abby Stern has been working with the Women’s Health Tech Initiative at HITLAB since the inception of the project and has provided leadership in seeing it through to current development. The mission is simply to provide support to femtech founders and leaders through education, fund challenges, research, data, and coaching. In this interview, Abby talks with Publisher, Mary Kurek, about …