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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

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” Staying the same person or relying on old tactics simply isn’t enough to sustain growth. We 10x’d our growth not through massive funding or flashy campaigns, but by staying deeply connected to our community and focusing relentlessly on what makes us different: ethical U.S.-based I soaked it all in.

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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

a Suriano, 2018 YLAI Fellow. “It Inspired by her inclusive mission, the YLAI Network team asked her a few questions about how she advocates for and empowers members of her community and how she recommends you become an agent of change. I’d like to think that Masshii acts as an agent of change in our community.

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How adaptability during a pandemic transformed this YLAI Fellow’s Honduran sustainability company

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI Fellow Cinthya Andino is most passionate about design and about protecting the environment. Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. The goal to eliminate clothing waste in the community drove the launch of Beleaf. By Angie Garozzo. What is Beleaf?

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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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In 2018, women started 1,821 net new businesses every day according to research by American Express, which also showed that black women are starting businesses at the fastest rate of any racial group. Plenty of initiative. Those numbers come from the 1.1

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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We were invited to participate by the Global Leaders Initiative, which aims to bring key networks together to find solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development. I share how, in 2018, we experienced significant staff issues, even as the competition was reaching its peak popularity in Ireland. I am now an alumnus).

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City.

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5 Tips for Making Time to Make a Difference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Vishal Chordia (pictured above, right, with Kimberley Hickok-Smith) was awarded the 2018 EO Global Citizen of the Year award in Toronto, Canada, in April 2018. In essence, he has affected a widespread and sustainable change in economy and culture throughout his corner of the world. Form a strong network of support.