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Educate, Empower, Support: EO Women Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way

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WEDO Canada’s mission is to educate, empower and support future women entrepreneurs by granting $1 million in scholarships to deserving female post-secondary students across Canada,” Milena said. and more articles from the EO blog. We are excited to be building an incredible team of women ambassadors and volunteers across Canada.”

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

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Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Problem-solving with purpose “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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The Education Transformation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Back in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. It was the beginning of our effort to invest in the transformation of the education sector. As Rebecca was developing her presentation, I wrote an email to her that said: when did we do Hacking Education? Was that ten years ago now?

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Taylor’s Typewriter Boom, How Nvidia Handles Failures, and Matt Mullenweg’s Open Source Philanthropy [link blog]

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Audrey Scholars pays for the education of children with parents/guardians who are OSS contributors. Both of these programs are aimed at open source software community contributors. Freedom Grants helps them relocate from areas of the world that are incompatible with OSS community values. You Can Buy Hemingway’s Typewriter.

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i2E partners with MidAmerica to launch innovative pilot program fostering entrepreneurial education

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” The post i2E partners with MidAmerica to launch innovative pilot program fostering entrepreneurial education appeared first on i2E.

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Mali Rising Foundation Works to Empower Youth Through Education

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The Mali Rising Foundation was formed in 2004 to provide accessible, quality education for children, focusing on middle school education. We asked Fred to share his experience in helping to increase literacy rates and access to education in Mali. Educated approximately 12,000 children. times the national average.

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How One Entrepreneur Utilizes Visualization To Promote Living Organ Donation

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The National Day Calendar honored Dave’s diligent work to educate the public about living organ donation by featuring Dave as the guest on Episode 1 of its National Day Podcast , which debuted on 10 April 2024. So, where will this streamlined effort to educate, inform, and inspire lead? and more articles from the EO blog.