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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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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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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

Nickelodeon under Herb was the top-rated network in cable for 10 straight years. He was also Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and oversaw adult brands Spike and TV Land. 30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. home ownership in 2015 (NAHREP). His son then went on to raise more than $1.1

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igniteXL Ventures closes debut fund to target ‘$5T oversight’ in beauty, wellness

TechCrunch

from Seoul when she was a child and started a global accelerator in 2015. This is a $5 trillion market opportunity that is hugely overlooked,” she told TechCrunch. She says she is bringing a unique lens, viewpoint and network to finding companies, especially those that are like she described herself — not a typical VC-backed company.

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What’s Service Got to Do With It? Everything.

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By Don Britton, Founder and CEO, Network Alliance. One example of a recent innovation encouragement program Network Alliance implemented was the distribution of a company-wide survey, where employees were asked to provide their suggestions on areas or topics of the company’s business where they felt they needed more insight or training.

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Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year

TechCrunch

“I saw a massive opportunity and few people going after it,” Lewis told TechCrunch. Lewis and Grant Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 , and since then, have brought on a series of high-profile investors. Billions of dollars were going into trucking each year but fewer than 30 startups showed an interest in the field.