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How a Fashion Brand in Honduras Is Preserving the Country’s Traditional Culture

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My Today Rafael is working with Xiomara and other artisans to market their products, all the while preserving traditional Honduran culture. There is no one Honduran,” Rafael says. “We

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

The immersive three-and-a-half-day programme is based around three key themes – board leadership, cultural intelligence and climate awareness. Recently, NZ Defence awarded Starboard a contract to improve NZ’s maritime awareness with immediate use across multiple government agencies. It’s not a one and done. Absolutely!”

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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.

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Startup Recruiting Hacks

This is going to be BIG.

I thought it was going to be easy to find two developers, given that I had a pretty large network. What I soon realized was that once you start applying filters for qualifications, experience, interest, culture fit, timing, you don't know nearly as many people as you think you do. That's something I learned at Path 101.

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Finding your target audience with help from a YLAI Fellow design expert

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

When thinking of a name for her studio, she wanted to embrace her diversity, culture, and interests. Eventually, she came up with the name Mezclao Studio, which means to “mix.” Mariery uses her unique tropical style of art to transform ideas into products. Use the tools at your disposal. government.

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