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How Business Can Revitalize a Community After Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2016, Saito and his family moved to the still-recovering region of Tohoku. Taking a chance on an agricultural area with few visitors, Saito planned to attract foreign tourists (and their funds), creating tours, collaborating with agricultural partners and eventually joining EO North Japan to expand his skills and network.

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Practical Ways that Canadian Startups Can Go Global (Without Leaving Home)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. As an entrepreneur and angel investor, I’ve built a network that spans dozens of countries. As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. .

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Interviewing 5,000 People Taught Me 5 Surprising Traits of Great Leaders

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He was also the winner of the EO’s 2016 Global Citizen of the Year. Contrary to popular theories, leadership isn’t about whether someone is introverted or extroverted, an idealist or a pragmatist, or even whether they have a gold-plated resumé. Learn more about hiring best practices and leadership from other Octane articles. .

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

If selected, you’ll have the chance to not only recruit, but also network with the other companies at the event. Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc.

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Mali Rising Foundation Works to Empower Youth Through Education

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In September 2016, we launched an effort to recruit more girls to our schools and support their educational success. How have your leadership experiences in EO impacted your work in Africa? . Learn what it’s like to join the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs. .

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Alphabet makes cuts, Twitter bans third-party clients, and Netflix’s Reed Hastings steps down

TechCrunch

Somewhere in the midst of all that, Boston Dynamics demoed an improved bipedal robot, Wikipedia launched a redesign and major universities banned TikTok from their campus networks. While news of his departure comes as a shock, Hastings noted in the announcement that Netflix has planned its next era of leadership “for many years.”

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Modsy quietly shut down while some customers were still awaiting refunds

TechCrunch

Business of Home first reported in June that leadership intended to wind down the “corporate and legal entity of Modsy” and that most of the company’s e-commerce staff, engineers, and management had been let go. E-ink smartwatch manufacturer Pebble went the ABC route when it shut down operations in December 2016.