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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

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Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova Justinus Adriaanse is an EO Canada Bridge member who grew up in a middle-class family in South Africa, keenly observing the glaring disparities that were unmistakably present in his surroundings. It was a pivotal moment, and a true litmus test for Adriaanse’s resilience. You solve a problem by taking action.

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2 Hours in Positano that Changed My Life

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Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. Bringing my wife Lisa into the hunt, we peer over and on a terrace below us is a cobbler, handcrafting sandals out of a small box of tools and beads. The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. ” She knew.

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Korean car-sharing startup SOCAR has filed for an IPO   

TechCrunch

The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. SOCAR has reached approximately $834 billion (1 trillion won) valuation after raising $50.7

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BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk

TechCrunch

VisibleRisk, which has raised $25 million to date, says its so-called “cyber ratings” are based on cyber risk quantification, which allows companies to benchmark their cyber risk against those of their peers, and to better understand and manage the impact of cyber threats to their businesses. The investment values BitSight at $2.4

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Kate Morgan: Leadership vs. Entrepreneurship

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It is critical to our development to find peers that can help us foster our personal and professional growth. ” As Founder and CEO of Boston Human Capital Partners, Kate Morgan started her consulting firm in 2011, on the heels of the recession. .” Leadership illustrates the ability to see the goal and make it to the end.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic. the free YC Startup School courses). growth from 2020 to 2021.

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

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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. to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School. I wasn’t a technology person.