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How a Trump administration could impact local startups [Video]

  • Programs supporting underrepresented founders, such as Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs, may face cuts or increased challenges, impacting diversity in venture capital and startup ecosystems.
  • Entrepreneurs, however, are likely to stay mission-driven and customer-focused regardless of political changes.
  • Economic growth and job creation remain bipartisan goals, so there’s potential for coalition-building and support across party lines when inclusivity pitches are framed around shared economic benefits.

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American politics are so divisive in part because the United States is such a big and varied place. 

Across the country, we face different challenges and so have different priorities. Meanwhile the web powers an information diet that spans the globe. Most of us are better informed on some minor outrage across the country than we are on a consequential issue in our hometown. 

This is why I’m so passionate about models sustaining local news. I’ve spent the entire of my 15-year journalism career building Technical.ly, …

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