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Remodeling English language education in Costa Rica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

One inspiring teacher forever changed the way that Alex viewed education, and he received a scholarship to continue taking courses on teaching English. His drive and passion for education eventually led him to establish an innovative English language school in Costa Rica, where he now provides life-changing courses to his community.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community. I remember this lesson well. You can watch the video of us discussing this and other topics here.

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Fiveable lands $10M Series A to become ‘the hallways of the educational internet’

TechCrunch

Fiveable began years ago as a free, online learning community for high school students with the focus of helping them pass Advanced Placement (AP) exams. We’re the hallways of the educational internet,” said Fiveable co-founder and CEO Amanda DoAmaral. Its Discord community, launched in 2021, has over 25,000 users. More than 7.3

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Book Review: Creating Startup Junkies

Ecosystem Builder Hub

As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. I suspect many ecosystem builders will find the final sections of the book the most rewarding.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. They just booked some space at NYU, threw up a fundraising page on Kickstarter, and started talking it up in the community. Step #2: Pitch investors.

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9 Non-Business Books for Future Business Leaders

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Many aspiring leaders eat, breathe and sleep business 24/7; they watch all the business-related TED talks, read all the business-related books, go to any business-related conference and follow every business-related blog. Jackie is a content coordinator and contributor who writes on technology, home life, business management and education. .

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Building Business Community: Focus on Cooperation, Not Competition

Entrepreneur's Handbook

I’m a co-founder of a company in the ultra-competitive online education market, with more than 2.5 From my experience, the business community can strengthen its every member if we build it on cooperation, not competition. Nowadays, we try to solve problems by negotiating; many books and experts still compare business to war.