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Leading with Authenticity: How to Become and Remain an Authentic Brand

StartupNation

A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being.

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Eliminating gender-based violence in Peru one ‘sonrisa’ at a time

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. Any pieces of advice you would give to other social entrepreneurs in the YLAI Network? YLAI provides a lot of useful help ranging from training to living experiences, cultural and work exchange, so take advantage of it.

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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

For instance, as I’ve previously written , “In 2011, only 28% of Europe’s venture-backed tech deals were seed stage… [but] in 2013 and 2014, roughly half of all European tech venture deals were seed stage.” Remember the “buy low, sell high” advice they were supposed to teach you in business school?

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Do they have a strong sense of culture? Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness (Tiger Moms & the true definition of success). When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where.

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The 100 Year Old Company. How Liza Borches Leads for the Future.

Smart Hustle Magazine

Entrepreneur and keynote speaker, Ramon Ray , founder of SmartHsutle.com, recently interviewed Borches to tap into her extensive advice and expertise as a leader in her industry. Borches joined the company in 2003 and has been leading CMA since 2011. This interview is focused around culture fit questions.

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A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee

Entrepreneur's Handbook

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. but their religious and cultural values stem from the Islamic tradition. In Japanese, foreigners are called “gaijin”.

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