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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

Entrepreneurs' Organization

” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno. When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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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

You will see in societies, people will just put a board outside of their house and start selling products. Even if you don’t do well really after that, Vidit Aatrey [10:46] – we will put you in a mentorship program, where we connect you with some top trainers for a month and these guys will tell you how you start a business.

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