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Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa is ranked among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB: “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

TechCrunch

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. .” Like us,” Pal wrote in a blog post.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

In the long run, this wasn’t a sustainable path. All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! And we are focused on research, product development, consulting and education. . The only option was working in design for fair trade products at an NGO. Q: Inspiring to hear!

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Ten Years And Just Getting Started

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I remember meeting Zach Sims and his co-founder Ryan Bubinski back in 2011 when they started Codecademy. In fact, when you look at the ten-year history of the Company that Zach lays out in this great tweetstorm , you see how hard it is to build something lasting, sustainable, and important. Time does fly.

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