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Building sustainable marketing skills with a Colombian YLAI Fellow

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Building sustainable marketing skills with a Colombian YLAI Fellow. Katherine learned to overcome challenges, as the only woman in the company, through her determination to build sustainable marketing skills. By Shannon Courtney. Develop a strategic and flexible team with diverse ideas.

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Novi is building a B2B marketplace for brands that care about sustainability

TechCrunch

It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. In 2017 I started a brand — NakedPoppy — to address this.

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Coatue, Robert Downey Jr. fund cove.tool’s design tools for sustainable building

TechCrunch

While there is plenty of technology out there to help make a building more sustainable, the ability to incorporate features into its design can be easier said than done. Enter cove.tool , a startup that wants to make sure buildings are sustainable by design from the moment of inception. Impressively, Cove.tool says it has offset 28.5

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EO London’s Pajani Singah: Saving the rainforest by investing private capital

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2017, EO pledged its support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) —17 goals to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change by 2030. To inspire EO members to focus on sustainability and societal impact, EO hosts a quarterly Impact Day.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. Make your ecosystem sustainable. Benchmarking and measuring progress in this way allows them to continue to secure funding, build on their impact and remain sustainable. Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022.

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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2017 YLAI Fellow Victor Rujano Bautista is the co-founder of Culturas Indígenas y Medio Ambiente Sustentable (CIMAS), an organization committed to promoting and defending the human rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of the environment in the Venezuelan state of Zulia. By Bryce Kelly. I think that’s a clear example of my growth.

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Navigating Singapore’s Startup Ecosystem: Top 5 Funding Initiatives Unveiled

AsiaTechDaily

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. This flexible arrangement fosters a conducive environment for both startups and investors, promoting growth and sustainability.