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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

Entrepreneurs' Organization

event , hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the “potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan.” ” The speakers (Japanese or Japanese-American) shared their personal experiences working as a female entrepreneurs with other Japanese businesses. At Stanford and in the Silicon Valley, they just love entrepreneurs!

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Any Business Can be a Social Enterprise: My Experience Growing a Business to Give Back

Entrepreneurs' Organization

percent employment growth for software developers between 2012 and 2022, and it’s clear wage inflation in the industry will continue to rise if more qualified software developers don’t enter the field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate among software developers and engineers was just 2.5

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Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India’s Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung

Y Combinator

These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. Almost everyone who is using the app today has become an entrepreneur because of us. I can tell you anecdotes.

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