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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit. It was in 2016 that ETC accelerated the mobile site speed. Note : 70% of job applicants might be lying.)

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

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In 2016, our ETC team weighed all the options and decided to go mobile with AMP (accelerated mobile pages) to see a rapid jump in sales (and we saw it!). Be resourceful, creative, and ready to take risks. Iqra Ahmad founded her eCommerce business as a “dream to revive the forgotten threads of Kashmiri tradition and culture.”

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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit. It was in 2016 that ETC accelerated the mobile site speed. Note : 70% of job applicants might be lying.)

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How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru 

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario. It was at that time in 2016 that Déborah was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a long-term chronic condition that can cause widespread body pain, fatigue and cognitive issues.

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June 2016 Project Octane: A Student of Opportunity

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Violeta Martinez, winner of the 2016 EO GSEA Global Finals and founder of VAIZA, an El Salvador-based, luxury brand crafted from the heart. In my first job, I watched as other designers did the same things day in and day out with little pay; it can really zap you of your creativity. Want to learn more about Gladys’s journey?

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Big Cabal Media, parent company of TechCabal and Zikoko, raises $2.3M seed funding

TechCrunch

The seed round follows a $620,000 angel and pre-seed round BCM raised between 2016 and 2020, bringing its total funding to over $2.9 The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. The Big Cabal Media team.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

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Their culture is flexible and collaborative, making it a top Detroit startup to work at, and they’re constantly innovating and helping small businesses find the banking tools they need. They offer multiple templates and design tools to make creative work accessible to anyone. FinTech companies. Flow Video.

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