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5 EO Australia Women Share How To Make Entrepreneurship More Inclusive

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Empower Girls To Reach Their Full Potential Entrepreneurship is a vital driver of innovation, job creation, and economic growth. By fostering early exposure and education about entrepreneurship and other career paths, Franc.World is paving the way for an inclusive landscape where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed.

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African Startups Raising Investment to Further Drive Economic and Social Impact

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A female-focused fintech, Shecluded aims to empower finance for all women by providing them with access to loans, learning opportunities and support to scale their businesses. African aesthetics have inspired the global fashion industry and cultural icons worldwide. Technology services. Education and learning.

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Understanding Vietnam

Derek Sivers

This is the first chapter of my new Vietnam 2014 book. Vietnam has long been considered the cultural and artistic heart of Asia, and the Vietnamese are the “Italians of Asia”. Since the late 1990s, Vietnam has had one of the highest economic growth rates in the world. A new “me-first” culture is rising.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While pursuing an MBA at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, we saw an opportunity to leverage our business acumen to drive growth in South Africa’s educational sector. These values are deeply engrained in the culture and fabric of SPARK. It’s an opportunity for the founding principal to make a mark on his or her school.

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Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While pursuing an MBA at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, we saw an opportunity to leverage our business acumen to drive growth in South Africa’s educational sector. These values are deeply engrained in the culture and fabric of SPARK. It’s an opportunity for the founding principal to make a mark on his or her school.

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Why Governments Should Invest in Their Diaspora Founders

David Teten VC

In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company. The private sector has already identified this opportunity. There are three main players in any tech ecosystem: . Founders who want to build companies and need funding.

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Your deal flow is not diverse enough

TechCrunch

These things, in turn, exert a determining influence on our culture.”. While the numbers prove that the financial returns can be promising, the bigger impact and importance of investing in gender diversity is the overall economic growth and prosperity that follows. In Melanne Verveer and Kim K.