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How one woman is facilitating responsible financial management in Belize

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI Fellow and co-founder of L3G’s & Associates, Fatima Chi, is empowering businesses in her community in Belize to take control of their finances. L3G’s & Associates’ role is to keep local businesses running well, to provide guidance on the proper business formation and importance of proper finance management.

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Yes Is the Answer—and Other Ways to Succeed in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

How Faith In People and a Culture Of Hospitality Built a Modern American Restaurant Company, Mitchell shares the keys to his company’s 25 years of success: including a steadfast commitment to a nurturing culture, a “people first” philosophy, and the humility to recognize reckless and ego-driven decisions. In his book YES IS THE ANSWER.

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Thailand’s Salary Hero is an earned wage access startup that wants to add neobanking products

TechCrunch

The startup, which focuses on earned wage access and finance education, with plans to add neo banking products, too, announced today it has raised $2.8 The company says it has seen double-digit week-on-week user growth in 2022 among its clients in the manufacturing, logistics, hospitality and retail sectors.

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Ivorian healthtech startup Susu has $1M to scale its family-centric insurance product across Africa

TechCrunch

But in Africa, that’s not the case, as most people do not have access to quality healthcare due to the ill-equipped nature of hospitals and lack of insurance. . million in debt and grant financing from BPI France , the French government’s public investment bank.

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

TechCrunch

Both outfits look to back early-stage founders with money and advice in exchange for equity. Recently, BetaStore began offering financing to retailers and plans to launch a buy now, pay later product in the coming months. His advice these days is that startups should be preparing for at least 18 months of runway.

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Simon Says: Have “The Talk” with your parents

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Charitable giving: hospitals, non-profits, universities, foundations, etc. Lincoln Financial Advisors does not provide legal or tax advice. Digital access: What are the passwords and logins for their online accounts such as credit cards, investments, banks, social media, emails. CRN-3730060-082421.

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We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Having had a lot of experience on the Hospital Board, I knew we had to split this up into three steps: 1. Brian said, “Absolutely!”