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Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Kavelle is most passionate about the impact she can have on students and is continuously inspired by their creativity. The YLAI Network team spoke with Kavelle on her role as a woman in STEM, overcoming hardships, and her experiences during her YLAI Fellowship. She continued to network to get the support that she needed.

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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. When she returned to Peru in 2013, she launched The Millennials Movement and began offering resources on volunteerism.

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Off the Shelf is Dead: Hello Makr

This is going to be BIG.

We want a hand in calling the shots in the creative direction of our lives. — James Lopez (@imjamesjlopez) June 23, 2013. That''s why when I met Ellen Johnston and her exceptionally creative team at Makr, a new app that launched today , I got it right away. All of the sudden, everyone seems like a networking drone.

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How You Can Build a Business That Lasts Forever

Entrepreneur's Handbook

You were reliant on middlemen like newspapers, TV networks, and radio stations for distribution. You were always at their beck and call with the possibility of having your contract renegotiated or kicked off the network altogether. But with the advent of the internet: social networking, podcasting, vlogging, writing newsletters, etc.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. . We spend a lot of time and energy instrumenting things that are downstream of our application, but we’ve never instrumented the creative process.

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Mali Rising Foundation Works to Empower Youth Through Education

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2013, Fred led 26 EO chapters worldwide, including his own EO Utah, to raise US$45,000 to build the EO Middle School of Dovong. Though they are very different from me, the people of Mali use their knowledge and creativity to produce some of the most beautiful art and music. and board member of Mali Rising Foundation.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). The media world now has its own leader running the largest YouTube multi-channel network startup.