Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. 2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 31, 2022

We started raising funds in addition to making gifts over a decade ago when we started our computer science education work in New York City and Gotham Gives takes that approach to philanthropy and allows us to use it in other areas. It reminds me very much of the way early-stage venture capital works. The entire team is shown on this page.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 12, 2020

USV has invested in the education sector for a bit more than ten years. We kicked things off with an event we called Hacking Education back in March 2009. We have focused on “direct to learner” businesses and have mostly avoided investing in companies that sell to the established education system.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

It is increasingly likely that people will be self-quarantining in their home for weeks at a time and limiting their socialization for much longer than that. We are entering a new reality: the stay-home economy. Shoppers may be less interested in going to the grocery store once they’ve grown accustomed to home delivery.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

With the current pandemic, many of us are dealing with having our children at home and the continued challenges that go along with virtual learning. Unfortunately, most children grow up without any financial education whatsoever, whether at home or at school. even if you’re not a certified teacher!

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While completing my undergrad studies, a group of friends and I started a wildlife rescue organization, Endangered Species Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education Centre (ESTREC). The need for education on biodiversity, as well as the care of injured animals, also drove me to create ROAR. What are your aspirations with ROAR?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. Upon arrival in California, he met his partner in both business and in life, Lucas Murnaghan, and the two built a new home in Canada.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

In an effort to stop the spread and “flatten the curve” through social distancing, much of the world has been on a stay-at-home order. Displaced workers across the world are seeking ways to earn money online from the safety of their homes while health safety measures are in effect. Experienced. Tech-Savvy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 26, 2024

There is a pressing need to educate and train not just the consumers but also employees, especially those in customer-facing roles. They might overestimate their ability to recognize and resist scams, especially in digital environments where they feel at home. For business owners, the implications are clear.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2021

State and local governments required nonessential businesses to close and people to shelter at home. Corporations and educational institutions had to find ways to bring people together for meetings and instruction. Those of us working from home faced the challenge of how to be creative, productive and keep our businesses alive.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Maqsad announced today its $2.1

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 11, 2023

Register Vietnamese edtech startup MindX has announced raising $15 million in a series B funding round, led by education-focused private equity fund Kaizenvest, to continue its mission of nurturing and empowering Vietnamese innovators through technology.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Catherine, Jamaica, she saw her community experiencing low education rates. Her parents instilled in her the importance of education, good morals and values. Janese also had a love of baking and cake decorating, so she started teaching cake decorating from her home. “I am from humble beginnings,” Janese states.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. Purpose Driven Tours aims to protect natural resources and educate tourists while traveling as well.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

He also shares his thoughts on how embracing technology, education, and a sense of civic duty can improve the quality of life in Maryland and beyond. Governor Moore: Getting money for higher education. How you think about higher education, how we think about housing and public housing, all these things. Ben Horowitz: All right.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

His upbringing in Compton shaped his perspective and fueled his determination to make a positive impact on education. Driven by a passion for technology, culture, gaming, finance, and education, Amen recognized the potential to revolutionize education beyond being a principal. Jonathan G. Blanco (Niftmint) Jonathan G.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. The startup claims to be the largest coding educator in the region. Founded in 2015, MindX was created to address the lack of coding in Vietnamese school curriculums.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. The startup claims to be the largest coding educator in the region. Founded in 2015, MindX was created to address the lack of coding in Vietnamese school curriculums.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 19, 2023

Their strategy to invest in life science and STEM office space, home to highly educated and innovative workforces, gained the backing of public and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, and endowments across the U.S. Barings’ $13.1+ billion* U.S. and Europe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Home sweet home. You are with your people, Cotorruelo said: “A home sweet home.”). Education has been one of the most significant categories in the tech industry in the past couple of years. Image Credits: Domestika. Another is the startup’s focus on e-learning.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our mission remains engaging business owners at every stage with the tools, education and community necessary to learn and grow to new levels of leadership , in business and beyond. We decided right from the very first stage of the virus to change to a home-office model wherever possible.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the memory-cherishers, Framebridge has a home for every favorite photo. For the little ones in your life, Encantos makes screentime magical (and educational). For the new pet parent, a Wagmo wellness plan is the ultimate treat. Mid-Atlantic: For your favorite lunch date, a Cava gift card never disappoints.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s also home to tech startups that are leading in their respective sectors — Jiji, Taimi, Reface, MacPaw and Headway, to name a few. Ukrainians want to go back home, and some have already done so. The country also has a strong educational infrastructure for the study of tech, mathematics, finance and economics.

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Founder Bounty

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It also creates an alternative education system for corporate people who dream of being entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Are you ready to earn a better living, get out of the rat race, and start a home-based business? Founderbounty is a solution for people who have great ideas, but lack the skills and resources to build a business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Given the sudden extinction of snow days and yeast shortages brought on by student bakers in the early days of the pandemic, it’s easy to see how remote education extends beyond traditional school hours. Jomayra Herrera, principal, Cowboy Ventures (a generalist fund with portfolio companies Hone and Guild Education).

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StartupNation

JUNE 10, 2021

Even better, many of the fastest growing businesses can be launched from your own home! Here are four of the fastest growing businesses you can start from home today that are projected to grow in 2021: Virtual tutoring. With businesses from home offering services remotely, that also helps you reach a larger market.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 23, 2022

The ease and speed with which you can now buy nearly anything — truly, anything — online is often taken for granted: not just food, but cars, homes, blue-chip art, even a college education. In the past 30 years, we have grown to trust the internet in a way we could never have imagined in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

During pandemic lockdowns, companies quickly shifted to working from home. Working-from-home cuts us off from much of our ability to connect effectively to our colleagues as human beings, rather than little squares on a screen. Only a select few took the strategic approach of revising their company culture to fit remote work needs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

India is home to the largest school-age population in the world (over 250 million individuals). Families across the nation have historically invested heavily in their children’s education to advance in life. These are also the two major challenges that online education platforms are attempting to address.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We were bootstrapping at the time, and didn’t have enough resources to do consumer education. By moving this to a mobile-first cloud-based experience, it means that as soon as they are done grading students’ grades at home, the teachers just enter the scores on their phone,” Nyangolo said.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Senscio Senscio delivers AI orchestrated, integrated, proactive chronic care virtually in the home to population with multiple chronic conditions. Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Last spring when the pandemic hit, about one in four Oklahoma students did not have internet access at home. And that is just one of the pandemic challenges that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education have been managing through since spring. “We By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2020

For example, families are staying home together. Educate yourself on what other companies are doing to hold onto their human resources at all costs. At the same time, educate nonstop. We’ve been given a chance to learn and grow. We’ve been forced to slow down and notice those bright spots that sometimes get pushed aside.

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Founder Bounty

MARCH 10, 2023

Hustlers University appears to be a relatively new online educational platform that offers courses and resources focused on personal and professional development, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. It also creates an alternative education system for corporate people who dream of being entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Care jobs involve high-touch careers—think nurses, teachers and in-home care for growing populations of seniors, the differently-abled and the very young. Training may overtake education. While manufacturing jobs were once a significant slice of place-based employment, in the future, care jobs may step into their role.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2018

A router specifically built for developing nations, it can run without electricity and connect to multiple networks, creating valuable access to education, employment and information. Educational opportunities. When electricity and Internet connections reach new corners of the world, new educational opportunities become possible, too.

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