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Artem Mykhailiuk and the work after the launch
The HELSI co-founder learned that putting software in people’s hands takes more than a password. His path through training, entrepreneurship and digital government keeps returning to the same practical question: how do you make a new system work?
Boulder SBDC’s useful advice comes with a $0 bill
A candy shop and a biotechnology company have more in common than they might think. Boulder County’s publicly supported business advisers help owners tackle the work their products cannot do for them.
El Club del Emprendimiento and the business of not going it alone
A free front door, a six-month mentoring offer, and a room full of possible introductions. Spain’s El Club del Emprendimiento makes a business out of helping small businesses find their next useful connection.
MSME AFRICA took eight months to earn $100. Then it got useful.
A slow start in advertising pushed this Nigerian business publisher to rethink how it served entrepreneurs. The result connects funding alerts, practical courses and a community that brands will pay to reach.
Change Mechanics and the art of the useful introduction
A mentor is useful only if the right founder reaches the right table. Change Mechanics turns that small logistical problem into a business spanning women’s entrepreneurship, startup training and institutional innovation in Pakistan.
Converge: the business school for ideas without a business
Scotland’s university founders can know everything about an invention and very little about selling it. Converge gives them a place to learn, test and find their first commercial footing - without surrendering equity.
NLOWE and the business advantage of having someone to ask
Five regional facilitators. Home offices. A willingness to travel. NLOWE began with a practical answer to an awkward question: who helps a woman build a business when the help is miles away?
WSI sells the expertise behind the click
A furniture showroom, a community bank, and a franchise fee reveal how WSI turns a global network into a local consulting business. The useful lesson starts before anyone buys an ad.
Maine’s $600 Ticket to a Bigger Business
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs puts veteran operators, retail data and a roomful of peers within reach of small businesses. The real work begins when a founder has to act on the advice.
Africa’s Business Heroes Turns a Pitch Contest Into Continental Infrastructure
The Jack Ma Foundation’s African flagship gives ten founders $1.5 million each year. The sharper invention is everything around the cheque: a public, multilingual test of who can explain, prove and scale a business across 54 countries.
Guelph’s small-business help desk has homework for you
Business Centre Guelph-Wellington pairs local entrepreneurs with advice, training and a chance at grant funding. The bargain is straightforward: bring a real problem, then do the work.
Costa Rica’s chamber of commerce learned to widen the circle
A business association born in 1915 now connects merchants, trains entrepreneurs and helps settle disputes. Its most revealing story is the fight over who gets a seat at the table.
At xHub Addis, the startup homework leaves the classroom
Five young companies. One practical assignment: make agricultural training easier to use. Inside the Ethiopian hub that puts leadership, fieldwork and local problems on the same syllabus.
Kosovo’s startup scene needed a home. ICK opened the door.
Innovation Centre Kosovo brings founders, skills training and international connections under one roof. Its next test is making that support last beyond the donor cheque.
IMPAQTO opened a coworking space. Then it started writing checks.
The Ecuadorian company built a business around the things impact entrepreneurs kept missing: a place to work, practical help and capital that fits. Its most revealing move was becoming a lender itself.