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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. By Shannon Courtney.

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How Support Organizations Can Unlock the Potential of Entrepreneurs in Vietnam

Entrepreneurs' Organization

One proven source is the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , a global peer-to-peer network of entrepreneurs that has provided support, mentorship, and resources to help entrepreneurs achieve transformational growth since 1987. But entrepreneurship is a challenging journey, no matter where you are in the world.

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Docquity, a community for healthcare professionals, raises $44M Series C

TechCrunch

An emergency room doctor initially told him that there was no chance of survival, but then another doctor called one of his peers in the United States, and they came up with an alternative treatment plan that worked. Docquity was created to help doctors collaborate in the same way, at scale, even if they live in different countries.

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3 Reasons to embark on the EO Path of Leadership

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The travel, perks, and fun have been amazing, but there are three main benefits I’ve gained from being a member leader in EO: collaboration, raising the bar and experience sharing. . Collaboration. It comes down to exposure, collaboration and accountability. Raising the Bar.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Leading Leaders: 5 Insights from 5 Years with EO (that can help you, too)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. How can I help them grow as individuals, and help us grow as a community? It is a time that has tested many of us.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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