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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

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 Long story short, this startup went from $500K in revenue to $15M in five years, and sold for $25M in 2018. I soaked it all in.

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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. Persistence for success in the technology industry in Bolivia. By Shannon Courtney.

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AI terms: An AI glossary for humans

The Zapier Blog

AI automation (intelligent automation) AI automation (sometimes referred to as intelligent automation) combines automation technologies with AI to tackle tasks that require some level of intelligence. GPT-1 was launched all the way back in 2018, but it was nothing like the GPT models we have access to now.

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Breaking boundaries together in Ecuador

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Tamara Isch, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and a co-founder and COO of EcX Labs, has been breaking boundaries in her country, in her field of work, and in the world. The results of this woman’s hard work and innovation are cutting-edge technology solutions to the biggest problems in Ecuador. Joining a community was key in Tamara’s journey.

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How a female commercial engineer in Paraguay is overcoming barriers

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI Fellow Bibiana Dipeo, the director of Alimentando Para el Futuro (Feed4Future) in Paraguay, is empowering her community after more than a decade in the financial sector, by innovating new ways to reduce malnutrition and poverty. Here are her responses to some questions about her work. It is definitely important.

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Finding your brand identity in 4 steps

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Entrepreneurship Professor Michael Goldberg has this to say about finding your niche : “Before entrepreneurs should think about expanding, they need to show that they are solving a problem and making a place in the community for their initial customer base.”. Understand your audience and educate your community.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

There was what seemed like an endless stream of bombshell announcements for four months: Alphabet’s Waymo unit filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that a former Waymo employee, Anthony Levandowski, stole secrets related to autonomous vehicle technology. Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s.