July 7, 2017—Last week, Rising Tide Capital announced the 2017 Start Something Challenge semi-finalists via social media. A record number of entrepreneurs, 112, entered the annual pitch competition hosted by the New Jersey nonprofit.  The 27 competitors still in the competition are now one step closer to the $10,000 grand prize. To enter the SSC, each competitor submitted a 30-second video about their business or business idea. The top competitors from each

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Last night, July 11, 2017, over two hundred entrepreneurs, journalists, and other guests, gathered at WeWork Fulton Center to watch an exclusive conversation on entrepreneurship between celebrity entrepreneur/inventor, Joy Mangano, and Social Entrepreneur, Alfa Demmellash. Packed to capacity, the audience seemed captivated by the two women’s conversation — covering topics ranging from the difficulties of raising a family while building a successful business, to knowing when to follow your gut instincts. Ms.

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“The opportunity to partner with WeWork and the Joy Mangano Foundation on an event where two powerful female entrepreneurs can share strategies from their playbooks was irresistible,” said Esther Fraser, director of communications at Rising Tide Capital. “But at Rising Tide Capital, we love to create broad access to as many entrepreneurial platforms as possible, so to be able to share this kind of content with a wider audience is nothing short of phenomenal.”

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