Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica By Zoe Sweet “All I wanted to do was make an impact that will transform the education system in Jamaica,” says Kavelle Hylton , a 2022 YLAI Fellow and founder of STEM Builders Learning Hub. Since founding the STEM Builders Learning Hub, her impact on education in Jamaica is undeniable and she has become a role model for her students.

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Morrow

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Collaboration Pact is an agreement first and foremost for any venture growth organization considering membership in Morrow. The post The Collaboration Pact for Accelerators appeared first on Morrow.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. Jonathan’s curiosity has incited his globe-trotting entrepreneurial journey, impacting his own community in Colombia and beyond.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

They say time flies when you’re having fun. And in what felt like a blink of an eye, I look back and realize I’ve spent over 12 years at a16z. And what an unforgettable ride it’s been. When I joined, there were fewer than 30 employees. I knew everyone’s kid’s name, I knew their dog’s name. Back then we had to work hard to introduce ourselves to founders as some hadn’t heard of us, and the operating value add model was still unproven on Sand Hill Road.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mostly remote six-month program leverages New York-based Federally Designated Battery Tech Hub The National Science Foundation as part of its mission to spur innovation across the U.S. awarded a $4.5 million grant to NextCorps and Binghamton University. Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations.

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OkDork

JANUARY 23, 2024

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Today we chat with Patryk Gostek , a former YouTube consultant and former head of customer success at Tubics, as he shares his Million Dollar Weekend journey. Uncover the incredible transformation from being the “biggest procrastinator” to validating and setting up an entire business within 48 hours. Pat’s experience reveals the power of taking action, overcoming discomfort in sales, PRE-order for exclusive bonuses – milliondollarweekend

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Business analytics platform CB Insights released their State of Fintech 2023 Report which indicates the fintech sector experienced a greater downturn than the broader venture capital market—which reported that Q4’23 was “the harshest quarter for global VC in 6 years”. Globally, fintech funding was down 50% year over year to $39.2 billion with deal volume declining 38% to 3,801.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

The post [OurCrowd in Benziga] Giving The Global Investing “Crowd” Access To Startup Investments – How OurCrowd Offers Investments Historically Limited To VC-Level Investors To Accredited Individual Investors Too appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

In this episode, Joe Grogan, a senior fellow at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and a former senior government official, joins Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z Bio + Health to discuss all things regulation. Together, they dive into Joe’s experience working in the early days of the Covid pandemic, how he thinks about the Inflation Reduction Act’s effect on pharmaceutical R&D, and the future of AI regulation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last Friday’s post about delegation called The Class Missing from Business School, spurred a deluge of great advice from readers. There was a recurring theme when delegating: Identify the time-consuming & repetitive tasks by coloring or labelling your calendar, or calculating at the end of the week or month. Record a video/Loom/Scribe* detailing the process.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Appdome, the mobile app economy’s one-stop shop for mobile app defense, announced extensions to its groundbreaking MOBILEBot™ Defense product, making it fully portable to any web application firewall (WAF).

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

The post [Stellar Cyber in BusinessWire] Stellar Cyber and Proofpoint Strategic Alliance to Deliver Comprehensive Email Security Solution For SecOps Teams appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

Intuition Robotics Ltd. has unveiled the latest edition of its AI companion for older adults, ElliQ 3. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said that the social robot has been proven to benefit seniors’ health, social connectedness, and independence. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

The post [InsideTracker in Business Wire] InsideTracker Releases New VO2max Product Feature to Support Members’ Improved Healthspan appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2024

The post [Nimble in Fox News] Nimble is a robot who can give a manicure appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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