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Innovating education and gender equality in Mexico

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Innovating education and gender equality in Mexico “Education is transformation. Through education, we can provide women with opportunities to change their lives,” says 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellow Frissia Monsivais. In 2014, Frissia started the First Leadership Center at a university in Mexico.

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Domestika raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to expand its learning community for creative types

TechCrunch

The creative community has been a ripe target for startups building tools and services to serve their interests and needs as they transition from their traditionally offline practices into a digital present and future. Cotorruelo said in an interview, referring to the the courses, but also the company’s community of users.

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Investing In Distressed Communities. Opportunity Zones

Smart Hustle Magazine

Ramon Ray got a chance to talk with Scott Turner, the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which is quite a mouthful, so you can refer to it as WHORC. From a high level overview, Opportunity Zones are those communities in America that have a lower median income and have a higher poverty rate.

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Meet the man empowering young leaders by starting with their computer repairs

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Providing five-minute tips and tricks about what to do and not to do with your computer during these sessions allowed me an easy way to start educating my community as well. Why do you think it is important to educate the community about technology? . IT is everything. government.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Education, powerful connections, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences are all keys to entrepreneurial success. Throughout my years as a member, I have exponentially grown my business, achieved authority status through educational programs, and made lasting friendships with people all over the world.

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Cheese raises $3.6M for its digital bank aimed at the Asian-American community

TechCrunch

Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S. In the past few months alone, a number of neobanks targeting the Black and Latinx communities have emerged. He will serve as Cheese’s chief community ambassador.

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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. The power of community Building a business community is also a win-win. I’m not naive?—?I’m