Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

The theme for this summit is “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future,” which responds to the hemisphere’s most pressing issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to democracy, the climate crisis, and a lack of equitable access to opportunities. . Georgia Barbosa , Brazil, cofounder of Afroricas.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

EO offers great opportunity, education and tools to facilitate this, and create Instimacy (=instant intimacy) in business conversations. . Once senior leadership took over our sales component, we discovered so many good nuggets about which features were most important to customers. Senior leaders are sales superstars.

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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. How has YLAI helped you achieve your mission?

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Business related topics typically include: marketing, finance, leadership, technology, sales and more. Small Business Networking Groups : A very significant resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners is the opportunity to meet peers as well as client prospects. Check out M eetups and LI Groups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them fend for themselves. Today, an eight-year-old company that has been focused on nothing but financial education is now offering trading and banking services in the U.S.

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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. Through tourism, I am giving the opportunity to local kids to dream for a better future,” she says.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

public affairs firm as well as on the Congressional leadership staff in both the House and Senate. What’s more, much of government spending is focused on areas critical to society, such as climate science, disaster response, healthcare, national security and education. He serves as a senior partner at a major Washington D.C.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Its leadership “sprints” focus on topics like retaining knowledge, and what goes into curating a safe environment for teams. The startup has closed a seed financing round of $2.5 The startup has closed a seed financing round of $2.5 Will edtech empower or erase the need for higher education? NewCampus’ team.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kapor Capital, under new leadership, closes its largest fund to date. The pool is significantly larger than before because we think the opportunity is in Europe and the East Coast in the U.S. And Eyal Ofer’s O.G. Tech raised $400 million for its second fund, while Stage 2 Capital raised $150 million for its third fund.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This is an exciting opportunity for women entrepreneurs. The Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program is a chance to join a community, grow your business, access $5K for business education, and participate in a year-long virtual education program. Above all, it's like getting an education you don't have to pay for. .

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

Verizon participates in a number of thought leadership events with these organizations to share expertise and resources with their membership. We know generally that small business owners are interested in learning more about financing, digital marketing, and operational efficiency.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Before launching YHS, Ashna participated in a number of student leadership activities and was already an active member of her community. With what she gained as Fellow, she took on the opportunity to prepare her team in Suriname to be part of the International Robotics Olympics. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I wasn’t the first female member, but I was the first of any gender to hold these important leadership positions—and I believe that says something important about the ethos of EO and how the organization sees everybody as equal and of value. Getting financing for the contract was a struggle. Living every day. An evolving tribe.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 31, 2020

You don’t need to have the skills of a financial planner to start a business, but you do need to have a good working knowledge of finances and financial management. As you grow your business, you may hire someone with a better understanding of finances to handle that aspect of the business. Effective leadership. But you don’t!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. International team with development in a country known for building great games and tech companies plus leadership in our home court of LA, one of the monetization capitals of the country. And Seriously.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

They have developed functional expertise or at least more than a basic understanding of marketing, finance, and engineering, life sciences or some other applicable technological field. There has been a shift in our conversations in education. Are there learned skills and aptitudes? Absolutely. Entrepreneurs are problem-solvers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

While building his previous company, Freckle Education, it got to the point where the master spreadsheet full of data that everyone was using would not load anymore or would crash the computer. The finance person will have the final say on what they are seeing. Sidharth Kakkar knows all about the pain of relying on a giant spreadsheet.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Similarly, if you’re able to uncover what’s top of mind for your FI’s executive leadership—such as keeping up with the newest generative AI advancements—you still need to match those concerns to a specific line-of-business owner. This is when the buyers ask “does this product really work?” within a given line of business you are selling into.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Tatum Executive Services provides “CFOs, CIOs and senior finance professionals [to help] lead [companies] through any challenge”. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Board of Directors.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

That said, I’ve identified quite a few microcredentials, conferences, and other learning opportunities which will help train you to be a better investor. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. Wharton Executive Education Venture Capital program.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. How can a decade have flown by!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

As the crisis mounts, Ramon Ray , entrepreneur, best-selling author and founder of Smart Hustle Media in a recent Facebook Live session with Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and the Small Business Leadership Conference titled, “ Think Bigger. Ray says, “Starting a new business, I would focus on education. Think Smarter.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There’s a misconception that the most successful business leaders are born with their leadership credentials imprinted in their DNA. Smart Hustle Resources – Randi Zuckerberg on the Importance of Education ] Voracious Readers. Closely Monitor Finances. SBOs seek to take in as much information as possible.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Examples of airdrops gone wrong include Optimism and Ribbon Finance. The antidote to that fear is education. As marketers in a sector plagued by a dark history of heists and fraud, we’re forced to help our customers understand the real value that Web3 products enable through quality content and thought leadership.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

The NASE has been around since 1981, providing entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, including those by minority owners with access to grants and educational resources. It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. These are needed for any business to grow.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As for the debt, he added, it’ll be used to finance equipment and infrastructure in Wasabi’s storage regions while extending the company’s capabilities with industry-specific offerings. ” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite. .

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Startup Blogpost

JUNE 29, 2023

One HR issue I faced at my own startup was a lack of proper career progression opportunities. To address this, we developed a formal mentorship program that matched experienced, senior employees with these high-potential employees to provide them with guidance and opportunities for skill development.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

” I jumped to the opportunity. ” So, then I met David Solomon at re:Invent, which is the AWS conference where he was speaking, and then we started to talk and it was pretty clear that Goldman had the same vision that, especially in the world of finance, technology will play a disproportionately important role.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Even though she was mid-maternity leave from her managerial role at Airbnb, she jumped at the opportunity. “I But, she says, it was an opportunity to be entrepreneurial in a sector she cared about. New financing and the boom of the mental health focus amid the coronavirus pandemic puts Expectful in a coveted spot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 18, 2019

There were to-do’s that needed to be done on a daily basis, related to running the household, taking care of the family, and managing the day-to-day finances. By providing them with an opportunity to do just that, I inevitably become more interesting—not only to them, but also to myself. Now… what’s next on the list?

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

The conference also includes multiple networking opportunities each day for you to meet and engage with these influential leaders, so be sure to register and mark your calendar for the angel event of the year. ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing: Say Hello to Your Programming Team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

“This investment will allow us to double-down in our core markets, accelerate our leadership position in places where we are already very strong and continue to expand our excellent Q-Commerce division, as well as bring new innovations to our unique multi-category offering to extend more choice to our customers.”. ” .

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

28 January, 2021, New Delhi: Aspire Impact, a social enterprise focused on impact leadership and. and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”. “We for impact at scale. Delhi-NCR event. environmental impact.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 17, 2021

And it’s completely understandable, especially when a couple’s finances and financial future are intertwined. ” questions from Mum which you know are parent-speak for, “We love you but what the hell are you doing throwing your life/career/education away like this?!” You may be facing this now.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Everyone deserves to have equal opportunities, rights, and benefits,” says Marí?a She dedicates herself to creating wearable art and ethical jewelry using unconventional materials and creating fair employment opportunities for at-risk groups in El Salvador. Our partners usually help with opportunities in education and mental health.

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