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17 Inspiring Recoveries: How Entrepreneurs Bounced Back from Crises

StartupNation

Maybe the dream wasn’t sustainable. Danielle Dahl , Co-Founder, Resilient Stories Strategic Adjustments Overcome Economic Downturn In 2015, Brazil was in the midst of a severe economic downturn, and I had just launched my first successful company. At first, I blamed myself. Maybe I wasn’t cut out for this.

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

Jason Malki

Kevin Bulger is an entrepreneur and investor with a diverse background spanning startups, sustainable ventures, and international tourism. Kevin is also an investor in forward-thinking brands such as Articles of Style, a digital-first menswear label, and Here We Flo, a sustainable personal care company based in the United Kingdom.

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Building a Family Empire: Staying Resilient, Learning to Pivot

StartupNation

Along the way, we’ve distilled key insights that transcend industries—offering valuable guidance for anyone looking to create, grow, and sustain a business. Prioritize your relationships—whether with a spouse, business partner, or team—to sustain long-term success. Stick with it, and over time, your efforts will build momentum.

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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

I moved back to El Salvador and started working toward my own dream at the end of 2015 with Masshii and started inspiring others to do the same. The post Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative. What is the mission of Masshii? . government.

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How adaptability during a pandemic transformed this YLAI Fellow’s Honduran sustainability company

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. However, the community has engaged positively with the company, with many clients also making sustainable changes in their lives.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. Networks for change.

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Three Golden Lessons from My First Failed Startup

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A team of two young men who shared my passion for a sustainable future. By March 2015, I had stopped attending college and had started going to other colleges and industries, asking them to install solar. Arrogance is the highway to Doom Back in 2015, we were working ourselves to the brim.