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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 Network team asked Victor a few questions about his strong commitment to justice and his dedication to never letting anyone or anything stop him from doing what is right. Hence the importance of networking, of taking advantage of connections and strategic alliances to the maximum in order to go beyond our own expectations.

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How to avoid greenwashing your business

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI Network offers key takeaways to help emerging entrepreneurs avoid greenwashing their businesses and be more sustainable in practice. . These terms might sound great, but your company could be feeding into greenwashing with no explanation or definition. What is greenwashing? Commit to transparency. The organization ??defends

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded. Event and meeting space is tough to come by, but it definitely exists in universities. Undoubtedly the code sucked, but at least he got something up and running.

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LyteLoop raises $40 million to launch satellites that use light to store data

TechCrunch

LyteLoop also claims advantages in terms of access, because the storage and the network are one in the same, with the satellites able to provide their information to ground stations anywhere on Earth. However […] when we compare what the actual users can do, you know, we can definitely go to completely different pricing model.”

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

TechCrunch

” This “long awaited” regulation which the ecosystem has been calling for for “years”, per Polo, will address a number of different issues — from the first legal “definition” of startup (to reflect differentiation vs other types of companies); to measures to help startups retain and attract talent.

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

This is going to be BIG.

Our purpose at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse is to expose our local community to the waterfront—to a new activity build around an ecological resource that should be publicly enjoyed for free. They’re, by definition, bringing you together with like-minded people. That rarely works out. Is that the best way to work towards a goal?