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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Information Regarding Angel Investing (Episode 284)

StartupNation

Marcia Dawood: One of the things that angels bring is a lot of mentorship and expertise, and they bring their network. They need advice. They need mentorship. And the best way to do that is to get angels involved who have more of a, uh, a broader network that they can access. They need more than just money.

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Moving trans advocacy forward in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave. “I One of Neish’s other main priorities moving forward is mentorship.

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Supporting and empowering children with autism in Nicaragua

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

One inspiring YLAI Network member in Nicaragua wholeheartedly shares these goals. To recognize this upcoming International Day of Disabled Persons (now known as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities), the YLAI Network interviewed Angel to learn more about his journey and his organization’s mission.

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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because it teaches her nothing of relevance, slows her down, and, in a world of readily available information, no longer gates learning resources like it once did.

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Asia’s Premier Global Startup Extravaganza, COMEUP 2023, Set to Ignite Seoul with Record International Participation from Nov 8 to 10

AsiaTechDaily

This program provides a unique platform for mentorship, networking, and investment opportunities for early-stage startups from South Korea and beyond. The COMEUP Stars program for this year involves 13 top Korean and foreign VCs and accelerators closely collaborating with 10 promising startups each.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge: The South Korea accelerator program that is ‘a gateway’ to doing business in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea. Startups from industries like AI, Information security, Blockchain, IoT, FinTech, Big Data, Robotics, Gaming, etc., were chosen from the pool of applications.

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Twitter’s first comms exec is building a comms network for execs

TechCrunch

It offers different programs based on different needs but mainly focuses on scaling mentorship with executive advice hailing from Airbnb, American Express, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, the Obama White House, Oatly, Slack, Twitter, Virgin Group and others. Over 200 people are in the community to date.