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How Support Organizations Can Unlock the Potential of Entrepreneurs in Vietnam

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Establishing a network: Language barriers, cultural differences, and a disorganized startup ecosystem can make networking in Vietnam seem impossible. These organizations include: The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) represents the interests of entrepreneurs and promotes economic development.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee.

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Threading the needle: 5 questions with investor Lauren Maillian

TechCrunch

As CEO of the nonprofit Digitalundivided, she oversaw the organization’s biennial reports known as ProjectDianne, which tracked the progress of underrepresented women founders in the startup ecosystem. As an angel investor today, she has backed Partake Foods, the online community Diem and the rug company Ruggable.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem. Vaccination.