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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Everyone deserves to have equal opportunities, rights, and benefits,” says Marí?a She dedicates herself to creating wearable art and ethical jewelry using unconventional materials and creating fair employment opportunities for at-risk groups in El Salvador. Our partners usually help with opportunities in education and mental health.

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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In celebration of Rosario’s hard work empowering a community of young changemakers, the YLAI Network team spoke with her to highlight the key factors of her non-profit volunteerism movement and get her essential advice on how to respond to the challenges of COVID-19. It was a culture shock,” she states. government.

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How We Put Culture First to Find the Ideal Business Partner

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Netsurit decided to seek an opportunity to expand into the North American market, networking with our colleagues at Entrepreneurs’ Organization was the logical first step in finding a like-minded company in the US. At the end of 2015, I met Scott Wilson, CEO of Marathon Consulting and an EO New York member since 2012.

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Cato Network snags $130M Series E on $1B valuation as cloud wide area networking thrives

TechCrunch

Cato Networks has spent the last five years building a cloud-based wide area network that lets individuals connect to network resources regardless of where they are. He helped launch Cato in 2015. Palo Alto Networks to acquire CloudGenix for $420M.

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Startup Recruiting Hacks

This is going to be BIG.

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. I thought it was going to be easy to find two developers, given that I had a pretty large network. The Meetup Ground War.

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Riding Boldly Into New Frontiers: How Kevin Bulger is Blending Adventure, Investment, and Impact…

Jason Malki

His ventures reflect a passion for innovation, conscious business, and connecting people across cultures. In 2015, a friend from college started a bespoke mens clothing company called Articles of Style that was exclusively online. The opportunity to grow and expand my network by meeting like-minded individuals is also a huge valueadd.

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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.