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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. It was a culture shock,” she states. She was just focused on doing the work. government.

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Building Business Community: Focus on Cooperation, Not Competition

Entrepreneur's Handbook

From my experience, the business community can strengthen its every member if we build it on cooperation, not competition. Competition became an integral part of society due to historical, cultural, and other factors. The power of community Building a business community is also a win-win. I’m not naive?—?I’m

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The Midwest’s Top Female Founders to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. And one thing is for sure: there are plenty of smart, talented and successful women entrepreneurs who are shaping communities and the future. Summersalt (St. Dawn Dickson, Founder and CEO. PopCom (Columbus).

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How I built a talent-first mortgage bank to win the hearts of employees and veterans

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Your company focuses on serving veterans through both its home mortgage products and community impact. In 2013, when I started the company, I wanted to focus on a niche instead of being all things to all people. Evan developed a three-part hiring process to ensure that we identify the right talent fit for our culture.

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The Hard Thing About a Hard City: Why I Support Kathryn Garcia for Mayor of NYC

This is going to be BIG.

If you’ve ever run a large group of people, you know that culture change isn’t done at the podium. I trust her to hear out the community, gather all the data, and, unlike our current Towering Ineptitude, actually make a decision—one that she believes is right for New York, not just politically popular. Kathryn is exceedingly practical.

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6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021

TechCrunch

According to Briter Bridges , another publication that tracks VC investments in Africa, only 3% of the total funding raised by startups in Africa since 2013 has gone to all-women co-founded teams. The ecosystem has come a long way since I built my first startup in 2013. Today, only 2.8% of women are funded globally.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Community coordination to encourage whole-block electrification. Total new capacity in interconnection queues has ballooned from 0.3TW in 2013 to 1.2TW in 2021, 83% of which is new utility-scale solar, wind, and battery capacity waiting to come online x. Alternative energy storage systems (e.g. thermal storage).

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