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Creating a forever home for this Trinidadian community and the endangered animals within it

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

While completing my undergrad studies, a group of friends and I started a wildlife rescue organization, Endangered Species Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education Centre (ESTREC). Sadly, in 2014, when I relapsed for the second time since my initial surgery, the board of directors made the decision to terminate my tenure at ESTREC.

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Dame Products expands sexual wellness product line following $7M raise

TechCrunch

Dame was founded in 2014 by CEO Alexandra Fine, who initially wanted to be a sex therapist. Next up, Fine is focused on investing in customer retention, educational content via Dame’s Clinical Board and furthering the company’s retail presence. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders.

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When Is a Business Accelerator a Better Option Than Business School?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Ryan Villanueva is an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of Best Delegate , a rapidly growing education company with a goal of making Model United Nations a worldwide program in order to help this generation of students lead the world to a better, more peaceful, just, and sustainable future. ” .

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Cybersecurity: What’s With the Attitude?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2014, we saw Heartbleed arrive on the cybersecurity scene. You need to be innovative and creative to come up with security awareness training that educates, engages and enthuses. Cybersecurity Awareness Training … For the Board of Directors! A bored employee doesn’t learn. An unengaged employee doesn’t care. That’s right!

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Mentor Collective shakes off its boots to scale student support services

TechCrunch

The demand for a platform to make the art of advice more accessible is thus easy for entrepreneurs to identify then pitch, but the serendipity — or the chasm between what makes someone an effective mentor versus just a speed dial for questions — is harder for them to scale. It also works with corporations such as Wells Fargo.

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Maven’s comprehensive approach to women’s health earns it unicorn status

TechCrunch

Ryder was then a Maven “customer” for her following three pregnancies, using the platform for after-hours advice, virtual access to specialists or, more recently, guidance on how to prepare for a breech birth. The company was founded in 2014 to help working women plan and start families.

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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

Both Sides of the Table

Single-purpose beats generic One our biggest beliefs about Ring and frankly many of the other companies we’ve backed in computer vision ( Nanit for baby monitors, Osmo for kids education & games, Density for people counts) is that focused computer vision beats generic use cases. What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

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