Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Andrea Puente Salazar has had her share of obstacles on her way to entrepreneurial success. To highlight Andrea’s hard work and perseverance, we asked her to answer the following questions and provide key advice to fellow YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

We asked the winners in each city to tell us about their companies, provide advice to fellow entrepreneurs, and share a little more about themselves. What advice would you offer entrepreneurs in Orlando? My advice would be to pick and develop a focus in which you have competency and passion. What does your company do?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

It provides mentorship, networking, and equity-free grants up to $50,000. Next Canada’s programs offer a world-class education, exclusive events, an expansive network, and more. The community is great for students of any background to network, learn, find career opportunities, and more. 5) Student-focused VCs.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Venture capital platform Antler has recently unveiled its Antler ONDC , an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)-focused venture platform in India. Antler ONDC serves as a resource hub and expert network for founders who are developing projects within the realm of digital commerce.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Dan Ballantyne’s bio might as well read: when he’s not bringing wireless internet to Colorado residents or installing network towers atop the Rocky Mountains, you can find him conquering the waves of Latin America. . Such motivation sparked TellerWifi into existence in 2017. . “I 3 Staples for a Growing Business .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Loughlin led Ironclad’s Series A deal back in 2017, making it one of his first Series A deals after returning to Accel. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network (you gotta network to get work, amirite?). Networking is open starting at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT and stays open a half hour after the episode ends.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some of the best advice I have recieved from So-Young is that, as leaders, we need to constantly empower our associates by allowing them room to grow, giving them tasks that they may not be able to do before, but at the same time, giving them the support and resources to ask for help and advice. You go girl!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017, according to rating agency ICRA. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017. An average Indian makes about $2,100 a year, according to the World Bank.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. While there’s lots of advice out there on how investors can exit successfully, there’s less for entrepreneurs in the trenches. In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. She previously founded Dress for Success, a network that empowers women to thrive both professionally and personally, and Crisis Textline, a non-profit that provides crisis intervention support via text. I love teaching.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Swarm’s low-cost satellite data network is now available to commercial clients — One of the original startups that set out to create a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation to provide a data network here on Earth is now open for business. million first fund in 2010 to its $100 million fourth fund in 2017. for many years.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2022

Additionally, the collaboration will give OnPoint access to SeaTown’s extensive networks and consumer sector expertise in the local and international digital economy. Rocket Equities provided advice for OnPoint’s Series B investment round.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses. PlainSight is a new networking app. Bollinger has been in the news since CleanTechnica picked up their story in 2017.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. This is one of the insights that Laura Behrens Wu drew out of Mittal during a FundersClub Facebook Live discussion on March 30, 2017.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Loughlin led Ironclad’s Series A deal back in 2017, making it one of his first Series A deals after returning to Accel. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network (you gotta network to get work, amirite?). Networking is open starting at 2:30 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST, just like usual. EST/11:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Weekday is helping companies hire engineers who are crowdsourced by their network of scouts. According to rating agency ICRA, insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. In early 2020, Sutton set up meetings through cold and warm outreach over email, LinkedIn, and networking through angel and tech start-up groups.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2020

For example, starting a network marketing business is straightforward. ©2017 by Entrepreneur Media, Inc. . — Steve Griggs , founder and CEO of Steve Griggs Design ; NYC’s premier landscape designer transforming backyards and rooftop gardens into private getaways. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter! All rights reserved.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

The 2017 Startup Catalyst Europe Mission cohort?—?Will He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. See a debrief on the 2017 Europe Mission here. Meet William McCullough. Sponsor an organisation.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea. The KSGC program became quite popular in the subsequent years, with 49 teams participating in 2017, 73 teams in 2018, and 36 teams in 2019.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The team behind the app, which is comprised of 30% PhDs, has been working on the core privacy vs convenience problem for some six years (though the company was only founded in 2017); initially as an academic research project — going on to offer an open source framework for masked federated learning, called XayNet. But we are different.”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Capria leads the “largest network of collaborating fund managers in emerging markets” Their product Edge enables you to benchmark your internal processes against other investors.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

Then in 2017, my first trip to Burning man completely changed my outlook on humanity as a whole. Our plan is to grow our network and revolutionize the back-end. That being said, seek out those you admire and ask for advice…you never know where the conversation will lead. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer was inducted into the Oklahoma Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2017. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019. Get started!

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Most programs culminate with a Pitch Day and Investor Networking Event where the companies present their newly defined and expanded growth playbook. . United Capital Source was selected in the 2015 & 2017 Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Perspectives and pointers from the FY 2016/2017 PEAK Global Winner , EO Utah. Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter decided to pursue a FY2016/2017 PEAK win due to, at least in part, tradition. However, they went “after it with a twist,” explains EO Utah President FY2016/2017 Matt Glover. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

They’ll share valuable tips, advice and hard-won lessons they learned in the trenches. He’ll offer insights on how to network, craft a great pitch and target the best investors for your success. Currently an early-stage investor, Solivan founded TaskRabbit, a startup she led to a successful exit in 2017 (acquired by IKEA).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 23, 2024

Srijita Ghosh Represented East Central University in 2017 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup 2 nd place in Small Business category and Pitch Competition winner Currently Venture Advisor at i2E Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. What key learning experiences did you take from the Entrepreneur’s Cup?

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

He believes that the traditional way of doing this with a content delivery network (CDN) is a flawed approach, and he started Fly.io They just know they want to run their applications closer to the user to make them more responsive. to deliver applications close to the user in a more efficient way.

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StartupNation

MAY 5, 2021

These 11 entrepreneurs share the number one piece of advice their closest mentor ever gave them: Time is the most valuable thing you have. I vividly remember his best advice: He asked about my goals, and I replied, “To earn $250,000 in commissions.” My father, Charlie Harrington, was my first and best mentor. Don’t get in your own way.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

So we started the company basically in January, 2017. And the first thing we did is we called up startup founders in our network. And then the third and obviously like quite beneficial aspect of selecting technology startups is they were in network for us. Waseem: Absolutely. And the conversation went something like this.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

On an app advertised to "meet inspiring people" for meaningful networking, someone tells this black founder, whose last name is "Youngblood" that is name is inappropriate. Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you. There is discrimination in the world. This should surprise no one. I've written about this before.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

" Lingokids , a developer of language-learning services for early childhood, raises $4 million in new funding, and Wonderschool , a network of boutique early childhood programs, raises $2 million in " K-12 Dealmaking: Hero K12 Takes In $150 Million; Lingokids Raises $4 Million. million for its K-12 online learning marketplace.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In January 2021, Prince Edward Island-based ScreenScape Networks was acquired by Spectrio for an undisclosed fee, then Halifax-based storytelling platform Wattpad was acquired by Naver in a deal worth $600 million. Each province tends to have a godfather/cheerleader who has championed local startups through investment, advice and connections.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Peanut , a social networking app for women, is launching a new “Peanut Pro” expansion designed to give women access to information from trusted experts. The company has partnered with 100 experts from its existing network, including doulas, psychologists, therapists, sex coaches and sleep consultants. million users.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In 2019, Italian startups attracted $850 million, compared to just €140 million in 2017, as the VC ecosystem became less insular and more international investors arrived. It has also launched two different acceleration projects aimed at supporting SMEs and startups with mentoring, networking and support services.

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