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New Whitepaper: The 2019 Innovation Landscape – Free to Download

UBI Global

A New Start for a New Year Let the 2019 innovation begin! Startups, incubation programs and corporations around the world are joining the renaissance of innovation that is expanding across multiple industries. The post New Whitepaper: The 2019 Innovation Landscape – Free to Download appeared first on UBI Global.

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OPEN 2019: Engaging, Inspiring, and Transforming the I&E Ecosystem

Venture Well

The VentureWell OPEN 2019 conference was one for the books. The post OPEN 2019: Engaging, Inspiring, and Transforming the I&E Ecosystem appeared first on VentureWell. Here's a photo essay highlighting the engaging and inspiring conference.

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Kahoot drops $50M on Drops to add language learning to its gamified education stable

TechCrunch

The popular startup, which lets people build and share educational games, has picked up Drops, a startup that helps people learn languages by way of short picture and word-based games. This could be one reason why it’s kept costs low: in 2019 it reported gross revenues of $7.5 million (€6.3 million), with cash conversion of 40%.

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Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot

TechCrunch

Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. “We’re seeing tremendous demand on the enterprise and government side,” said Gabe Dalporto, Udacity’s CEO who joined the company in 2019. Education is in session.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America. Vale do Dendê coordinates with local startups, investors and government agencies to support entrepreneurship and innovation and runs startup acceleration programs specifically focusing on supporting Afro-Brazilian founders.

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Breaking boundaries together in Ecuador

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The results of this woman’s hard work and innovation are cutting-edge technology solutions to the biggest problems in Ecuador. The idea is to constantly be improving to provide cost-effective yet innovative solutions to the environmental and social problems we face today.

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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In 2019, the program was expanded in each of Ecuador’s provinces, providing “mini master’s degrees” in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity.