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

StartupNation

It was in 2016 that ETC accelerated the mobile site speed. Speaking about innovative leaps overall. Don’t Hesitate to Innovate and Pioneer Don’t listen to “couch critics” or “armchair experts.” consider investing in white-label innovative tech. Not to mention Google’s mobile-first algorithm.

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

StartupNation

It was in 2016 that ETC accelerated the mobile site speed. Speaking about innovative leaps overall. Don’t Hesitate to Innovate and Pioneer Don’t listen to “couch critics” or “armchair experts.” consider investing in white-label innovative tech. Not to mention Google’s mobile-first algorithm.

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Janice Burch , Executive Career Coach, Co-owner, Pro Resume Center, LLC Adapting to Changing Market Dynamics: 12 Stories of Resilient Startups Burnout Sparks Digital Health Innovation My journey of career reinvention wasn’t born out of ambition—it was born out of burnout. I had a fairly conventional beginning.

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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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One man’s mission to renew Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2016 YLAI Fellow Marco Mendieta is working hard to develop the small business community of Ecuador and regenerate the economy following the devastating earthquake of 2016. In 2019, the program was expanded in each of Ecuador’s provinces, providing “mini master’s degrees” in entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership.

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Cities are Like Startups

Revolution

For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this One characteristic I have discovered and tracked with fascination since 2016?—?in But most startups who use the “we are the X for Y” shorthand do not achieve breakout success.

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Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition

Hunter Walk

When the autonomous car company Cruise got quickly snapped up by GM in 2016 jaws dropped at the $1b+ reported price (we were small investors in Cruise). Then the big innovation was they could decrease the physical COGS by making this upgrade downloadable. So they bit hard and moved to a largely subscription Creative Cloud model.