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Five Ways We Stayed Motivated in 2015

Entrepreneurs' Organization

At EO’s Global Headquarters, we as staff have a passion for serving our members, and we help provide the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for which EO is renowned. Beyond our day-to-day interactions with members and entrepreneurs globally, we take pride and work HARD to help plan amazing events and learning opportunities.

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

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. Quickly, their vision pivoted to the idea of addressing the lack of diversity and access to opportunity in South Africa’s IT industry.

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Moving trans advocacy forward in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

As the Co-Founder and Executive Director of TransWave Jamaica , Neish is succeeding in his mission to increase the visibility of transgender Jamaicans, provide resources to change the narrative towards a positive reflection of the community, and emphasize the need for improved healthcare and safe spaces that meet the needs of the community.

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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community? At the age of 21, with a nudge from my mentor, I started teaching myself how to invest in the local stock market and, as I was learning, shared my knowledge with others through a blog. Create community. How has YLAI helped you achieve your mission?

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. Ralston continued. Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO.

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EO Houston Gears Up for Second Annual Veterans Business Battle

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This year’s competition will be held at Rice University from 26-27 February and includes a day of learning seminars taught by EO Houston members and community partners. Applications are open until 31 January, and investment opportunities are still available. For more information, visit www.vetbizbattle.com.

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Q&A with EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year: Cameron Madill

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Finding people who view themselves as servant leaders of their community—whether it is a business, organization or segment of humanity—instead of focusing on their own narrow self-interests, lifts me up. I’ve applied a lot of the techniques I’ve learned from these experiences to both our B Corp community and our refugee work.