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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love. Create community.

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What’s Happening in Tech During 2016?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I founded Albany Can Code in December 2015, as an initiative to develop an inclusive software talent pipeline for New York’s capital region, joining some pathfinders founded in the past 24 months: Code Louisville, founded in November 2014 in Louisville, KY, is helping to fill a need for educated employees.

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The Story of Jeroo Billimoria, a Social Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This work is embodied in Child & Youth Finance International , another extraordinary global coalition, which reached 36 million children and young people in 2014. Her mother, a social worker in the schools for poor members of the Parsi community, focused on family and other non academic issues. Jeroo felt this was a mistake.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! And we are focused on research, product development, consulting and education. . Over the upcoming period, we’ll be sharing more stories of inclusive entrepreneurship in this blog. It did not work very well. Stay tuned!

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20 Women Entrepreneurs Changing Their Industries (and the World)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

And while there’s a long way to go in terms of workplace equality, women entrepreneurs are making their mark on their industries and communities now more than ever. Peeler isn’t just changing the world of student aid, she’s also redefining the role of women entrepreneurs in finance and education. Payal Kadakia / Classpass.

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How an ex-cop turned entrepreneur gives back by combatting human trafficking

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2014, I started working a cocaine trafficking case, which eventually led to the largest cocaine haul and most complex wiretap case in Nashville history. (I With my extensive knowledge in complex investigations involving trafficking organizations, I thought, “How can we give back to our community?”.

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

FundersClub

And beyond the network, we take software very seriously, and so we have about a half a dozen people on our product, engineering, and design team who work in partnership with our venture team, our community team, others to look at software as core to the VC model. There's education to be had if you do seek that out.

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