Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

Department of State is supporting five outstanding 2022 YLAI fellows to travel as youth delegates to the Summit of the Americas, where they will serve as a voice for the YLAI fellowship program, their communities, and youth across the region. Bevon Charles , Grenada , CEO and founder of Akata Farms , a company that builds sustainable farms.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. As a Black fintech founder, I believe that venture investors are making safe bets and investing in late-stage founders instead of early or even pre-seed stages. Sesie Bonsi. Contributor. hit nearly $1.8

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. TThe Incubator aims to cultivate a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering tailored support and resources to women-led startups.

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

By understanding each generation’s unique needs and how to support those needs, employers can better adapt to current and emerging generations. Supporting multigenerational workforces. To help baby boomers succeed, employers should create specific goals and deadlines, offer mentorships roles and take a coaching-style feedback approach.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. What specific ways are you supporting gender equality in your business and your community?

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Startup Blogpost

APRIL 21, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from 12 industry leaders, including CEOs, founders, and directors, to shed light on the top benefits that startup employees desire. In today’s world, employees want to continue growing their careers, and finding support within their current company’s infrastructure is ideal.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’ve gathered insights from CEOs, founders, and top executives on their most successful methods, from combining chat and asynchronous video to actively listening and documenting meetings. Institute Cross-Functional Mentorship Within our startup, we recognized the importance of fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 15, 2021

Whether they’re highlighting a few entrepreneurs in the community, a new innovation district or initiative, or how their startup community has come together to support entrepreneurs, these cities have created engaging messaging that showcases their entrepreneurs and startup community and in the process supports a culture of entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Networking Through Mentorship Startups need all the help they can get—and often, a mentor will introduce a new founder to various contacts to propel them forward.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Kate Ryder , CEO and Founder of Maven Clinic – A unicorn-valued startup transforming digital healthcare. Kate Ryder , CEO and Founder of Maven Clinic – A unicorn-valued startup transforming digital healthcare. Sam, a U-M alum, is the founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments , a private investment firm.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

These resources include funding, access to industry experts, mentorship, workshops, fireside chats and visibility into adidas’ networks. Annya Santana , Hood Health: Hood Health’s the first media platform and lifestyle brand at the intersection of health, wellness and culture. With at least one Black and/or Latinx founder.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Financial Readiness: Many startups fail because the founder has underestimated the amount of capital needed to reach sufficient revenue and/or profitability.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

While taking a gap year in college, she worked at Microsoft on designing a build-your-own virtual workforce focused on stay-at-home mothers, and it got her thinking about skill gaps, outsourcing and culture around working with companies from abroad. Yao was in the middle of training 20 women when the global pandemic hit.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

“The NJEDA is taking important steps toward Governor Murphy’s goal of making the Garden State’s economy stronger and fairer by investing in inventive companies led by entrepreneurs that represent New Jersey’s culturally diverse population.” million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

In this episode, a wood furniture maker, a Church leadership recruitment firm executive, and a design agency founder talk about how they’ve been a success. Do they have the same cultural fit as you? However, having the support, or at least understanding of your spouse can really help. Mentorship. Narrow Focus.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. So in committing to support #MovingForward we decided it was also a reminder to take more action to, well, move forward!

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Shin is now part of our Advisory Board,” said Aykan Ekici, co-founder of Khenda, the top winner of KSGC 2021.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 21, 2023

Curran Van Waarde , Founder, CallScaler Leverage Virtual Job Fairs for Diversity A top strategy to scale hourly hiring, while ensuring quality and diversity, is leveraging virtual job fairs. For example, we incorporated cultural awareness workshops, unconscious bias training, and mentorship opportunities within our onboarding process.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Duo has a culture centered around inclusion and belonging. Not only that, but Ann Arbor is home to great people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

By Violet Lim, CEO and Co-Founder at Lunch Actually Group. She has also created a culture that authentically values giving back and making a positive difference in the world. Elizabeth Tan: Founder of Sight to Sky and CEO of Heatwave Shoes. Hayley Quinn: Founder, Dating Expert and Social Media Personality.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 11, 2022

The corporate chain can be beneficial to a startup culture by bringing credibility as well as experience in distribution, PR, and branding. . There must also be a clear business plan to provide and support customers in their needs. . Partnering with bigger brands can work as a mentorship. Chris Mut , CEO and Founder of nerdytec.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The program is supported by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and is a leading program funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. That stigma is a huge part of the problem.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Founder, and former President and CEO. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. As I mentioned earlier, I think Oklahoma has a unique culture of collaboration and support within the entrepreneurial community that encourages and promotes success.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 3, 2023

The major items were: A senior level role for me Opportunities for personal development and growth Mentorship from senior leadership A home for as many of our clients and employees as possible With this framework I was able to avoid wasting time on deals that were not going to be a fit for my needs. We wore titles like Founder/Partner/C_O.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Signal Advisors creates technology that supports financial advisors in scaling their business in ways previously not possible. They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. Pocketnest was founded by a woman, Jessica Willis, who is a fantastic mentor to local founders.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. At the same time, to respect founders’ time, scouts should mention their real ability to make an investment happen. Just confusing minority founders even more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Mitsue Kurihara gave an overview of the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center and the competition they’ve held for the past four years which invites women of all ages to present their business models for a grand prize of 5 million yen and a year of mentorship. I was particularly captivated by Fujiyo Ishiguro’s story and presentation.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

INMI , a social startup dedicated to supporting young students in finding the best educational programs around the world, was born out of that journey. Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To help you find the best ways to keep your team motivated when your startup is struggling, we asked startup founders and business owners this question for their best insights. LT Ladino , CEO & Founder, vCandidates.com. Pablo Paz , CEO and Founder, Interactive Contact Center. Gerald Lombardo , Founder, The Word Counter.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Nearly every startup I have spoken to over the years – including some where I’m a co-investor – talks positively about the support they’ve gotten from A16Z.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Hendrix Buckner joined the organization, which supports women founders and funders, as chief of staff in early 2022 and stepped in as interim CEO in January following the resignation of former CEO Mandela S.H. I have been in the trenches with Paige — she brings all that and more.” firms by 2028.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Techtonic Academy provides underprivileged youth, minorities and veterans both technical training and mentorship to become entry-level software engineers and pursue a robust career in the technology field. Unlike the alternatives noted above, Techtonic Academy doesn’t charge for training. Your job becomes more personal.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Founders Alex Rothberg and Mashayekhi were clearly on to something as clients rolled in and tech talent flocked to work at the startup due to its mission. But just as the startup began to prove product market fit in early 2022, co-founder Rothberg stepped back from a day-to-day role. The hired coach was not present for this exercise.

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