NH Business Review
ecoText secures $200,000 from Millworks Fund, NH iPhone Repair opens fifth location . and more
December 10, 2020
ecoText, a Manchester-based platform that aims to help students access cheaper digital textbooks, secured an investment of $200,000 from the Millworks Fund Series II at the NH Tech Alliance’s virtual Innovation Summit, which was streamed on Facebook Live and YouTube live on Dec. 3. Millworks is a joint partnership with the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority and a group of angel investors including Gray Chynoweth and Liz Hitchcock. A total of six startups pitched during the virtual event.
RentVue, a full-service automated property management tool based in Manchester, was named People’s Choice for 2020.
i had just gotten out of college. at columbia university in new york. and i was very much interested in seeing what could be done in terms of the inner city. since black folks are suffering even more than the general population.this is an ongoing problem. the question for young barack: what could he do about it? i decided to become a community organizer. there wasn t much detail to the idea; i didn t know anyone making a living that way. when classmates in college asked me just what it was that a community organizer did, i couldn t answer them directly. instead i d pronounce on the need for change. change won t come from the top, i would say. change will come from a mobilized grass roots. that s what i ll do. i ll organize black folks. at the grass roots. for change. he sends out dozens of resumes for organizing jobs, but with no luck. when almost 2 years later, he gets a call for an organizing position in chicago. he s interviewed by activist jerry kellman. my ma