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Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The recognition of the impact of her hard work came years later when she was accepted for the YLAI Fellowship in 2016. In 2016, The Millennials Movement launched the Peru 2030 Agenda Ambassadors program to empower and facilitate ownership for the sustainable development of citizens’ own communities.

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Why there are so few women in tech (and what you can do about it!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

According to the National Science Foundation , women earned only 19% of computer science degrees in 2016. In 2016, 31% of CS masters degrees were granted to women, up from 28% in 1997. While it is not uncommon to see CS graduates wind up in management or consulting, that’s probably not the full story. Brain power.

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Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail…

Jason Malki

Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail & eCommerce I had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Norlock, a Global Consumer Revenue Executive who is passionate about developing new business for creative and dynamic start-up companies. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

Integral is a technology consulting firm that’s making the world a better place by leveraging their tech superpowers. They were featured in Forbes for their creativity and innovation during a challenging time, and we’re excited to see what’s next for the Passage team in 2021. AaDya Security raised $2.7 Flow Video. GreenLancer.

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ultimate.ai scores $20M for a supportive approach to customer service automation

TechCrunch

The focus, as tends to be the case for all these customer service conversational AI plays, is freeing (human) support agents from dealing with dull, repetitive stuff — so they can apply their (less limited) skills to more complex, consultative or emotionally demanding customer queries.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Waymark is a digital creative marketing company with offices in Detroit. They also offer consulting services to help companies acquire commercial sites, manage projects, and handle solar integrations. StockX was founded in 2016 and already boasts more than 1,000 employees. They recently closed a $4.3 GreenLancer. Red Ventures.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. By contrast, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% of venture capital deals.

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