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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. 2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship.

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Training in textiles offers bright future for new entrepreneurs in Dominica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Avena, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, also offers advice for future entrepreneurs. Avena noticed the large-scale unemployment throughout Dominica, and her concerns were confirmed by the Central Development Bank in 2017 when Dominica was listed as one of the Caribbean countries with the highest unemployment rates. in marketing management.

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EO Accelerator Graduates Share Successful Growth Tactics and Why They Joined EO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Michael Tindall of Modern Distribution agreed: “EO has built a great community, offers both fun and educational events, and great people who cheer you on and want you to continue to succeed and enjoy life.” You get advice from people who have been where you are without worrying about damaging your reputation.

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Why Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Is Essential for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve made monthly peer-mentoring sessions of 10 to 12 other entrepreneurs an integral part of my ongoing education. For example, an active mentor of WIFIPLUG, another startup at the 2017 Ameren Accelerator, found ways for the founders to demonstrate their products in front of Ameren employees—gaining both pre-orders and product evangelists.

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

TechCrunch

Jan Lynn-Matern, Emerge Education. ” Speaking as someone who’s been on both sides of this equation, I most appreciated her advice about focusing on “simplicity and staying consistent” when it comes to messaging. Education = knowledge transfer + social + signaling. ” Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

and StartupAmsterdam, there are 1,661 tech companies in Amsterdam, while the city ranked fifteenth in Startup Genome’s 2019 report “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” moving up four places since 2017. Digital health, education, B2B SaaS. We look at digital health, education and SaaS and they all thrive in this climate.

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Why Taking a Customer-Centric Approach Significantly Reduces Risks and Increases Your Chance of Success

StartupNation

The brand began as an online retailer that was later bought by Walmart in 2017 for $310 million. My advice on building a plan, taken directly from my course, is as follows: Identify the customer’s problem(s). of the country , roughly 100 million people, have around the same level of education. Approximately 34.5%