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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

TechCrunch

Oussama transfers funds to his personal holding companies and tells us after the fact, saying that it’s the only way to take advantage of investment opportunities in question,” Zagury wrote in her blog post. Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. Since 2020, we have been trying to find an amicable solution.

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“If I never again have to read a bunch of entitled tech bros mansplaining on twitter about their way of working is the only way, I will die a happy man.” Canadian Investor Chris Neumann on Venture Vibes, Who Helped Him Along the Way, and the Qualities of a Founder Who Could Fail But He’d Back Again

Hunter Walk

At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. If you could magically give one piece of advice to every founder seeking venture capital what would it be? After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

Q: In preparing for our interview, I loved reading about how you want to give more power and opportunities to women, who carry the burden of day-to-day work but are under-recognised. All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! Rut Turró, Founder of Moving Mood.

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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. My role has always been to educate people on these issues, to demonstrate with clear examples that if we do things right, we can reintegrate women into a beautiful life. Can you expand on why you launched Tejiendo Sonrisas?

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To succeed as an entrepreneur, make these 8 investments

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This could mean your health, education, well-being or relationships—anything that can fine-tune and improve your life will bring the highest return on investment because the cost is often very small. Unfortunately, that creates a conflict of interest for the person that educates the entrepreneur about the insurance. Invest in Yourself.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events. Examples in My Life & Work. What I love is that I don’t pre pick the companies.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success.

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