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

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Déborah, a 2022 YLAI Fellow , is the founder and director of CAPAZ Perú , which develops cultural, educational and social projects for people with disabilities through art programs such as theater and dance. Her fibromyalgia diagnosis after university gave her even more drive to launch CAPAZ in 2018.

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Namecoach raises cash to teach users how to correctly pronounce names

TechCrunch

Studies have indeed found that when peers and teachers incorrectly pronounce or change the names of students of color, those students participate less in class and becoming socially withdrawn to avoid associating with their name. By 2016, Shanbhag says that hundreds of schools were using Namecoach’s software and services.

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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity. Intentionality associated with improved diversity.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Well, that time has finally come. Will folks be able to buy a house and raise their families here? Here goes….

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Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India’s Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung

Y Combinator

They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com. They were in the Summer 2016 Batch of YC, and you can check them out at Meesho.com. Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. 00:00 – Intro.

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The Doom Loop

Entrepreneur's Handbook

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) That is why inflation, at least from a goods perspective, will remain sticky. I discussed this at length in “Energy Cancelled”.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead.