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Christine Among the 2018 Nominees for Upstate Venture Ecosystem Awards
Christine Among the 2018 Nominees for Upstate Venture Ecosystem Awards

Christine E.B. Howard - founder, owner, and president of Buffalo-based firm E.B. Howard Consulting - was recently nominated to ...

#Fund Your #Startup Without Raising Venture Capital
#Fund Your #Startup Without Raising Venture Capital
There are numerous non-dilutive (free!) #grant programs, #competitions that award cash prizes, and of course crowdfunding platforms, all of which ...
Tory Burch Foundation application opens in September
Tory Burch Foundation application opens in September

Tory Burch Foundation and its Fellowship program, a combination grant and mentorship program for women-owned businesses in the U.S.

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Christine to be first-round judge in FFIT 2018
Christine to be first-round judge in FFIT 2018

Christine E.B. Howard was recently selected to participate in first-round judging in the 2018 Female Founders in InsurTech competition.

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New England Venture Summit-CALL FOR TOP INNOVATORS!
New England Venture Summit-CALL FOR TOP INNOVATORS!

The 13th annual New England Venture Summit conference will showcase more than 50 of the hottest early-stage and emerging-growth technology, clean-tech, life sciences/healthcare, medical ...

Is your project in one of the 8,700 #OpportunityZones?
Is your project in one of the 8,700 #OpportunityZones?
#OpportunityZones are a new community development program established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to ...
Christine named BOD president of NAWBO-WNY
Christine named BOD president of NAWBO-WNY
Christine E.B. Howard, founder, owner & president of E.B. Howard Consulting was installed as Board President of the Buffalo/Niagara chapter ...
Pitch with Purpose due July 31
Pitch with Purpose due July 31
Alice and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), along with partners Johnson & Johnson and Dell, have opened applications for Pitch with Purpose, a global ...
Find #funders: Looking for #non-dilutive #funding (#grants)? 
Find #funders: Looking for #non-dilutive #funding (#grants)? 
Let us develop a highly curated menu to fit your specific #funding needs. We can identify opportunities that can help ...
Wells Fargo Scholarship and Tuck Program for Diverse Businesses
Wells Fargo Scholarship and Tuck Program for Diverse Businesses
Wells Fargo announced it is extending its investment in diverse business development amounting to over $200,000 impacting 48 diverse businesses ...
MIT Solve Global Challenge
MIT Solve Global Challenge
With more than US$650,000 in potential funding up for grabs, MIT’s Solve Global Challenges, headed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...
Female Founders in Tech Competition 2018 Powered by Quesnay
Female Founders in Tech Competition 2018 Powered by Quesnay
Female Founders in Tech a stellar opportunity for female-founded #InsurTech startups. Apply for the new 2018 #InsurTech Program powered by Quesnay Inc. Receive ...
Shell GameChanger wants you to Get funded!
Shell GameChanger wants you to Get funded!
Call for Proposals - Shell GameChanger Innovation Challenge Shell GameChanger seeks early-stage innovative technology solutions in the following categories for ...
Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies
Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies
Research, develop and validate carbon dioxide capture transformation materials, processes, and enabling technologies at bench scale for pulverized coal or ...
NSF SBIR Phase I Deadline Extended! July 10, 2018
NSF SBIR Phase I Deadline Extended! July 10, 2018
#NSF #SBIR/#STTR Phase I Deadline Extended!

The #NSF #SBIR/#STTR (National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research /Small Business Technology Transfer) ...