Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of this woman’s hard work and innovation are cutting-edge technology solutions to the biggest problems in Ecuador. What started as a small project to develop a small medical device that could evaluate malnourishment in rural areas has become one of the only woman-led technology labs and enterprises in Ecuador.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Talk us through how the person using your product is benefiting through your technology. Don’t confuse this with a tour-de-force education on the finer details of how your company operations. You’re there to leave an impression – not to educate. They simply need to know: who has a problem?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Educating against waste management. From there, they founded EnerGea.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

That’s the thing—startups in the initial stages need advice, feedback, and guidence a lot more than they need money upfront. Getting key strategy advice early on, or getting introduced to a new market can make or break a company in ways that no amount of angel capital can help. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Sanjit Singh I had the pleasure of interviewing Sanjit Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Julia Technologies , where he is pioneering the future of trauma care through the integration of augmented reality, robotics, and AI. I was a curious kid who constantly questioned how things worked, and that curiosity led me to technology.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. 2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

It’s what happens to me at ePoxy since I’m very public about investing in technology companies in the video sector and they have one of the most elegant products to help with video distribution that I’ve ever seen and one of the most talented product teams I’ve worked with in LA. Startup Advice'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My entrepreneurial story didn’t start with an invention or a groundbreaking technological breakthrough. To fellow entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey, my advice is clear: If you are committed to bootstrapping your business, be prepared for the long haul.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? 55:45 It seems obvious that technology is the natural choice to solve the pain points in education. 1:00:00 Mark and Steve discuss the role of unions in education. 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Look at some of the uber-successful icons of Silicon Valley / Technology: Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry/Sergey, Eric Schmidt, Andy Groves, John Doerr. That’s OK.

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

These companies are actively deploying COVID-19 solutions in hospitals and healthcare systems to enable rapid testing, to limit exposure to the virus, to educate patients and clinicians on rapidly-evolving information, and to provide communication tools that reduce exposure risk for front-line healthcare workers. Contact Founder.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This has become the foundational element of Jesuit education worldwide. That's also why when I talk to people looking to break into this industry, or startups in general, my advice generally revolves around "Start giving.". Share advice. That means speaking, judging, mentoring, blogging.ie That's basically the way in.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

What most people never understood about Maker Studios is that much of their growth came through technology innovation and advantages on our back-end the most people didn’t even know about. Online technology company that distributes video. There’s a reason that Maker pulled away while most online video companies did not.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Origins of Young Help Suriname (YHS). You have to find balance.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 11, 2010

If you want to work on broadening access to science and engineering education for women and minorities, that's awesome. In fact, I’m all about widening access to that kind of education in general. I spend more time convincing people *not* to take VC money than to take it—should I stop giving that advice to women?

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

SourceLink Ne braska is now a statewide platform that anyone can use to search for nonprofit, education, and government resources related to entrepreneurship, economic and community development. Worth the wait. SourceLink is here to help you connect to resources and to build an effective and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

Many of us in the technology, media and VC world sit on panels at lot. Educate – Your primary role on stage is to educate the audience. And, yes, I probably take a little bit too much license with this particular advice. Many of them are painfully boring. So it’s fresh on my mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice. Very few of them are started, in my experience, by sales people and very few early stage companies really understand sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. raise money now to weather any storms).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. NYC has gotten a lead on us in the perception of creating a next generation technology hub and with good reason.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

It seemed like “all of the big ideas had been done” in technology. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). The future certainly looks brighter to me. “ And my fear? The only thing that slows us down?

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We believe that technology startups should include a technical founder because it is critical that a CTO have a seat at the table where key decisions regarding the future of the startup are made. CodePath increases diversity in tech by transforming computer science education for underrepresented minorities and underserved populations.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But they’re under the gun to crank out story after story so they don’t have the time or energy to understand why your behavioral targeting technology is mathematically better than your 5 competitors. You give them an education in whatever topic it was that they asked about. They also aren’t dumb. You are professorial.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Single-purpose beats generic One our biggest beliefs about Ring and frankly many of the other companies we’ve backed in computer vision ( Nanit for baby monitors, Osmo for kids education & games, Density for people counts) is that focused computer vision beats generic use cases.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

It’s a vital question, and it’s why we’ve invited three investors — who we think know their stuff — to share their insight and advice on the TechCrunch+ stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. As a consultant at Bain and Company, Case worked with clients in technology, private equity and education.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

He pinged me for advice. That can only come through education, training and investment in regions of the country that are not IT centers. Cash will continue to become less relevant in 10 years as electronic & mobile commerce continue to proliferate and new technologies like NFC drive change. After that, all bets are off.&#

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World’s Topic Universities,” and is CEO of Crimson Education , a university admissions consulting company. However, the average Y Combinator founder of consumer technology unicorns was 22.5 of co-founders completed some form of postgraduate education. when they launched their company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2016

Many business resources will give you great advice for the future – “Once you hit US$1 million in sales, you’ll set up X, Y and Z.” Advances of technology, a demand for instant connectivity and changes in industries require new techniques and growing solutions. Education is one of few things that can’t be taken away from you.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Have the breakthrough technology. ” Of course as a founder & CEO you know that your 18% of the company at an $80 million is worth more than 26% of a $30 million valuation but I promise you that this is a nuance that even really smart & educated employees struggle with. Startup Advice' Are tacking. To change things.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

When I first opened my salon 15 years ago, there wasn’t education or companies you could reach out to about sustainability. How is technology changing the beauty industry? How is technology changing the beauty industry? Technology is improving our industry! Now we have lots of options and solutions for our industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Worldwide, the combination of sports and technology , including soccer, is rapidly growing along with the industry 4.0. What encouraged me to start creating services and technologies that can analyze and provide advice on these, after a lot of practice and effort to get scores.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. It’s not always the obvious sources of education that shape you the most. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics. Fight monoculture.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

As a creative tech employer, we are committed to growing our local economies by providing job opportunities and promoting a career in creative technology. Our goal is to become a top provider of high-quality educational content for kids with a curriculum-focused approach that separates us from bigger streaming tech companies.

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Onevest

APRIL 23, 2015

This could be in the form of a competitor, or perhaps a related technology or patent which could be incorporated into the company. The foregoing article is for educational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. There may be overlap between specific rounds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

shared his experience around starting a business, the effects it had on his mental health and his advice on taking care of yourself and your business. Andile Khumalo, founder and CEO of KhumaloCo., was born out of my desire for autonomy and to create an investment group founded on family values,” Andile says.

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