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Impact Investor Evelyn Castle Finds Opportunity in Equity-Driven Ventures

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After co-founding eHealth Africa (eHA) in 2009, Castle oversaw fundraising efforts that drew in $250 million over a 10-year period. Most women really don’t like taking out loans or going to access financing… we generally don’t talk ourselves up very much.”. With that mission, she founded eha Impact Ventures in 2021.

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Back to the Roots Is Making Organic Gardening More Accessible for Everyone

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Back in 2009, Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Vélez were seniors in their last semester at UC Berkeley. Before long, the duo began swapping finance books for mycology books, searching YouTube videos on how to grow mushrooms and turning Vélez’s fraternity kitchen into a mini science lab. They did just that.

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

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Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 16, 2009 Following on from my interview on CNBC, I came under fire with some criticism for suggesting the banks and the government is failing small business with access to affordable finance.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance.

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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

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Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Small businesses need better bank lending as well as new growth fund, says FPB : The FPB is calling for bank lending to be made more accessible and affordable following a report identifying a ‘permanent gap’ in small business finance.

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Patrice Washington Is Redefining Wealth By Scaling Joy

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“I went in excited and, as I was listening to the opportunity, it didn’t sound like it had anything to do with personal finance education, which is what I really felt led and called to do,” Washington says. In the back of her mind, Washington was also mulling over a call she received just moments before arriving at Harvey’s office.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

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Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk « Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under SME News Round-up.

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