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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

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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

If you were to give a piece of advice to a YLAI Network member looking to make a difference in their community, what would you say? . If I could give one piece of advice, it would be not to underestimate the potential we have to create change.

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Creating climate solutions with YLAI alumni: Nina Escamilla in Mexico 

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

However, one of our main challenges is food waste, mainly associated with the first link in the chain with primary producers, for whom the impact is ecological and economical. What advice do you have for others looking to make a change and address climate solutions with their business or within their community?