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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.

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

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2013, when I started the company, I wanted to focus on a niche instead of being all things to all people. Having expertise in VA loans allows our loan officers to be advisors and consultants rather than salespeople just selling a mortgage. We asked Bill how he built such a unique mortgage banking business. Here’s what he shared.

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The Midwest’s Top Female Founders to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

They’re highly committed to body positivity and diversity, both in their advertising and in their company culture. She founded TransTech Social Enterprises , based in Chicago , to provide education, support and tech jobs for trans people. They’ve done innovative work with sizing, taking over 1.5 Amany Killawi, Co-Founder and COO.

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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. They want shootings to end, police defunded, police stepped up on their street, more mental health support, lower taxes, and don’t even get them started on school testing. Jesus—who in their right mind would even want this job?

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Big Cabal Media, parent company of TechCabal and Zikoko, raises $2.3M seed funding

TechCrunch

BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013. The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. TC Insights , a data analytics consulting service, works on research, data and industry strategy on different projects.

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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. These numbers are more frightening when retraced almost a decade back. Today, only 2.8% of women are funded globally. Jihan Abass, CEO, Lami.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Hardware/software to manage the use of bidirectional charging as an increasing share of EVs allow for this option - both for whole-home backup and for grid support at times of peak demand. To support the transition we need a lot more charging infrastructure. EVs are now over 5% of new US sales and growing 60% year over year.

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