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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI program undoubtedly provided me with incredible tools, and even years after I participated, the connections and experiences I gained from it have paid off and have definitely marked a before and after in my professional life.

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How to avoid greenwashing your business

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

But how do you know if a business is making substantive changes to implement sustainable operations or merely capitalizing on consumers’ interest in environmental responsibility by creating the facade of being a green business while continuing harmful environmental practices? . Commit to transparency. The organization ??defends

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

If schools are going to participate in the growth of NYC’s innovation ecology, they’re going to have to change the way they operate, or they’re going to get lapped and left behind. Event and meeting space is tough to come by, but it definitely exists in universities. Same with students.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. The definitive article about 33 Flatbush--the kind of commercial building you would drive by a million times without thinking twice-- was written in the NY Times a few years ago.

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is our sweet spot: going beyond definitions and into the dirty and deep impact of how a phenomenon could impact startups and tech. I don’t think that’s absolutely fair.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

” This “long awaited” regulation which the ecosystem has been calling for for “years”, per Polo, will address a number of different issues — from the first legal “definition” of startup (to reflect differentiation vs other types of companies); to measures to help startups retain and attract talent.

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Assembling a Tulip: Can you engineer thriving Web3 communities of humans (DAOs) using code?

This is going to be BIG.

Our purpose at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse is to expose our local community to the waterfront—to a new activity build around an ecological resource that should be publicly enjoyed for free. They’re, by definition, bringing you together with like-minded people. That rarely works out. Is that the best way to work towards a goal?