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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Can you expand on where you got your passion for personal finance management? I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014. This entire journey helped me to uncover my love for personal finance and I wanted to help others do the same.

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. appeared first on THE BLOG. What prompted you to write Boom ?

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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO. All parties are staying quiet. Amex isn’t the only one focusing on SMBs.

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Flashback Friday: How to Raise Financially Intelligent Children

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was originally published in the March 2014 issue of Octane magazine. At the very least, they can see a few examples of other opportunities out there. Ultimately, I’ve learned that the more you talk about proper finance today, the more prepared your children will be tomorrow. By Clint Greenleaf. I’m a lucky guy.

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We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). He explained, “I want to share the same opportunities I had.” The post We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Investing Notes From The Inaugural Pre-Seed Summit

Haystack

While the term “Pre-Seed” may have been what grabbed the event headline, today’s conference was really about how seed continues to change and presents both opportunities and challenges for investors, founders, and LPs. OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. Um… wow.