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How Entrepreneurship is Changing Our World: A Localized Perspective

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Since 2016, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda has been a driving force in addressing 17 sustainable development goals, tackling challenging issues ranging from energy to climate change to hunger. Educational opportunities. How local entrepreneurship addresses the UN SDGs. Power to the people.

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How to Foster an LGBTQ-Friendly Workplace—On Paper and In Practice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

percent increase in testimonies in 2016 of which 76 percent of testimonies concerned transgender people. Unfortunately, business owners may believe their company culture is welcoming and safe, and miss signs of trouble. Educate Employees about Human Rights. Education is the key. When you celebrate them, it’s noteworthy.

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10 Questions with Raúl Cristián Aguirre

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We demonstrated trust by maximizing delegation, freedom, transparency and continuous education.”. As entrepreneurs, we do not create companies— we create cultures. And a strong, empathetic culture creates its own antibodies. Read other engaging interviews and stories in the upcoming September 2016 edition of Octane magazine.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. That’s how I found the VC FinTech Accelerator in 2016, where one-third of founders were from minority backgrounds. hit nearly $1.8

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Building a Groundbreaking Platform for Mental Health Support With Passion and Purpose

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We went live on World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2016. After all, we as a culture are fairly judgemental. So we changed our approach and started psycho-educating clients. The post Building a Groundbreaking Platform for Mental Health Support With Passion and Purpose appeared first on THE BLOG. Founder, BetterLYF.com.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention. Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway.

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What Does it Mean to be American? Why Trump is Just a Blip on the Radar

Both Sides of the Table

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. My blog has always been a mixture of what was on my mind and a blend of venture, startup life, tech views and current society events that related to my interests: Venture, startup & tech.

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