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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

I gained a solid business background to support my creative side. I then moved to Beijing to learn more about my Chinese culture and the language while also learning how to handle business with China. Before Masshii, I worked as a property accountant in the U.S. to gain practical experience on my degree. government.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. And it changed the culture.

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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Here, she learned more about volunteerism and also learned about the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. “It It was a culture shock,” she states. The social media movement began by encouraging local partners to volunteer and run activities addressing the Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase

TechCrunch

Those shared objectives, combined with the natural cultural fit between our two companies, means we are incredibly excited to bring our teams together. It has also attracted a large amount of external investment (totalling just under $300M) over its shorter run (founded in 2015). Flexibility and sustainability.

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10 years, 10 moments with Gabriela Gandel

Impact Hub

In 2015 we had already become more than 60 Impact Hubs. First Unlikely Allies Event, Cluj-Napoca 2015. This manifesto speaks to our everyday actions, to how we live our connection and culture in every interaction we have within our communities, and brings a needed third culture ground that we can all rely on to bring us together.

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Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years

TechCrunch

China’s e-commerce and industrial ecosystem is as different from the Western world as its culture. Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. Indeed, 2015 was the year when CACs began to exceed or at least rival ARPUs for Alibaba and JD.com.