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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

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Every twist and turn of his arduous journey served as a crucial preparation for the defining purpose of his lifetime: Solving educational and employment opportunities for South Africa’s youth. Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization. You solve a problem by taking action.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool.

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Business Ramifications of Legalized Marijuana: Trouble or Growth Opportunity?

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Lynette answered questions about changes that have impacted her business since Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012. Q: What business challenges and opportunities has your company experienced? By Renita Wolf , a Colorado-based financial executive and author. of part-time employees in the U.S. admit to substance abuse.

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Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

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“Much of the growth and success of CoinX was reinforced by a combination of my EO forum, the EO network, and the opportunity to serve other EO members through leadership. When she joined in 2012, her company, CoinX, was in high growth mode, which made support from her EO community an invaluable asset. Learn more about EO today!

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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

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Each speaker stressed the importance of asking questions (from clients and employees) to further opportunities and garner a better perspective from which to make decisions. Fujiyo Ishiguro speaking at the Brookings Institute. Yesterday, 8 February, my colleague and I had the pleasure of attending the Womenomics 2.0

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

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Being an effective founder means questioning current paradigms, asking ‘Is there a better way to do this—and am I the person to do it?’ ’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable.

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5 Hidden Entrepreneurship Lessons from 5 Christmas Movies

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The original version of this article appeared on Violet’s LinkedIn blog. . Written by Violet Lim, CEO and co-founder of Lunch Actually and EO Singapore. We have come to the last month of 2018! I don’t know about you, but this year passed by like lightning for me. At the same time, I could relate to her situation. Home Alone.