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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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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work From Home Performance

StartupNation

There may be many aspects that favor remote work, but the lack of space to develop personal relationships is a definite downside. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter! Interact… efficiently! Loneliness is a common issue for people working from home, and it can be further aggravated by the current crisis.

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Klim harvests $6.6M seed to get more farmers growing greener

TechCrunch

At the same time, food is of course cultural, personal and, at times, political — what we eat (or don’t) can often be incredibly polarizing. New Culture lands $25 million to commercialize its cheesy, animal-free mozzarella. . “However it requires rapid action — and that’s the whole point for Klim.”

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

This is our sweet spot: going beyond definitions and into the dirty and deep impact of how a phenomenon could impact startups and tech. While we’ve all seen the Twitter threads of basic definitions, consider this episode the appetizer to your aperitif understanding. Then we talked culture. and Friday (news roundup!)

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

TechCrunch

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options. Measures to change mindsets.

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

This is going to be BIG.

On one side, you had people who thought you could boil what being a good neighbor meant to a set of rigid rules anyone could follow—and on the other side you had folks who had built a community with a strong sense of culture through a combination of member curation, care, engagement, and community activity. That rarely works out.