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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love.

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EO Canada Bridge chapter welcomes its youngest member

Entrepreneurs' Organization

RBC attributes this low percentage to the financial duress that post-secondary education puts on aspiring entrepreneurs, impeding their ability to start businesses while still in school. . Ranaldi and Szekely won their local GSEA competition and advanced into the Canadian national competition in January 2018.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Add to that, the dozens of courses I’ve attended and home education programs I’ve listened to. For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. Explains Suhail, “The UTS promotes ongoing learning by being an educational event. On a broader level, Falak’s strategic corporate responsibility focus is education.

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EO Honored by Nuway Foundation for its Work Supporting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The InfoTrust Foundation undertakes charitable events quarterly, including its annual Basket Brigade , which is providing nearly 2,000 Thanksgiving baskets in 2018. EO’s FY17/18 Global Chair Brian Brault accepted the 2018 International Bridge Award on behalf of EO at Nuway’s annual Bianu Celebration in Cincinnati. E – for education.

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Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“We brought together the best of all worlds: Conscious customers invested in uplifting the underprivileged, a low-cost and motivated rural workforce, and passionate leaders in urban communities who nurture and grow global opportunities,” Ravi explained in a 2018 interview published on Inc. Learn more today. .

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Longtime investor and operator Adam Nash says he just launched a new fintech startup

TechCrunch

Instead, he rejoined Greylock as an EIR for another year before joining Dropbox shortly after it went public in 2018 as its VP of product and growth, leaving that post back in February to start his own thing, he said on his way out the door. Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

TechCrunch

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. In 2018, Ammar was given a four-month suspended sentence for a separate case. Entrepreneurs know this well.