Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

“It is important to try to understand your customers and their needs and supply what they need with honesty,” says Gastón Fontaine. 2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. In 2010, Gastón participated in a social assistance trip to Peru; recognized the different social, political and economic needs of the area; and saw how his actions could affect the in

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are awesome. You can see that in 1998, AVC.com was pointing to something called Fishnet that looked like this. And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. There are many archives, some of them quite specialized, in the physical and digital world. But they all suffer from the same problem, which my colleague Dani explained yesterday: Archives are extremely important: the survival and ongoing availability of knowledge helps with the continuation

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It’s been five years since New Zealand equity crowdfunding company Snowball Effect got the go ahead from the Financial Markets Authority to bring Kiwi founders and investors a new way to raise and invest capital in ambitious New Zealand business ventures. Enabling the public to participate in the types of deals usually reserved for angel investors and those “in the know”, Snowball Effect has assisted nearly 50 companies at various stages of growth to raise over $55M, from 6000+

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The Startup Blog Market Brief

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The co-founder of Swing Education says startups should prioritize shared values and look for confident decision makers when recruiting new employees. The post 4 Principles of Early-Stage Ed-Tech Startup Hiring appeared first on Market Brief.

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Derek Sivers

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

One approach to music is to do whatever you want. Absolutely anything goes. But to me, that’s too free. It’s anti-inspiring because having infinite options is overwhelming. Another approach to music is to follow tradition. You stay within the guidelines of a genre or style. But to me, that’s too strict and sad. It was someone else’s innovation. To imitate it now with rules and recipes is just nostalgia.

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Continuations

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In yesterday’s election New York City voters passed Ranked Choice Voting as a ballot measure. This means that in future elections such as those for mayor of the city, independent candidates will have a much better shot at getting elected. In Ranked Choice Voting, also known as Instant Runoff Voting , a voter can indicate their preference across multiple candidates instead of selecting just one candidate.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

PulmOne USA Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with Circassia Pharmaceuticals to offer the NIOX VERO fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) airway inflammation measurement system as an integrated add-on to PulmOne’s MiniBox+. Read more here. The post [PulmOnein PR Newswire] PulmOne Now Offering FeNO by NIOX® with Its MiniBox+™ Complete Pulmonary Function Testing System appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We’ve cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Ali Rowghani. Ali is a partner at YC. His lecture covers how to lead. Then a lecture from Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung. Kevin and Adora are both partners at YC. Their lecture breaks down this year’s Startup School by the numbers and they share tips on what helped companies most.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Beyond Meat aims to start production in Asia before the end of next year, as it gets closer to selling its popular plant-based meat products in China, Executive Chairman Seth Goldman told Reuters. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in New York Times] Beyond Meat Eyes Production in Asia Before the End of 2020 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

ClimaCell, the weather technology company, announced today the launch of Insights Dashboard. A tool that enables decision makers in industries vulnerable to changing weather conditions to prepare for the elements with confidence. Read more here. The post [ClimaCell in PR Newswire] Beyond Weather Forecasting: ClimaCell Launches Insights Dashboard That Can Predict How Weather Will Affect Businesses appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-based Big Data analytics, today announced the appointment of Moran Goldwein to the position of SVP, Human Resources. Based out of ThetaRay’s Israel office, she will be responsible for HR process design, organizational culture, personnel recruitment, employee experience, employee development and well-being, executive development, and employer-employee relationships.

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