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How adaptability during a pandemic transformed this YLAI Fellow’s Honduran sustainability company

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI Network team spoke with her to discuss the success of her business, the challenges she has faced, and what she has in store for the future. Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. What is Beleaf? Tackling challenges: COVID-19 and beyond.

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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Inspired by her inclusive mission, the YLAI Network team asked her a few questions about how she advocates for and empowers members of her community and how she recommends you become an agent of change. Our partners usually help with opportunities in education and mental health. Can you discuss your path to entrepreneurship?

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Sustainability Q&A with the world’s first net-carbon neutral merchandiser

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She’s on a mission to transform the SWAG industry from a toxic polluter to a conscientious connector of people and values with a strong focus on sustainability. which helped us further our environmental sustainability goals. Is it profitable to be sustainable? The bottom line is that being sustainable is more costly upfront.

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Proudly Investing in Businesses that *Get Better* as People Use Actually Them, Not Worse

This is going to be BIG.

This may even sacrifice top line in the short term, but I think these companies will build better, more sustainable businesses. goTenna's new Mesh product enables off-grid communications in a network that improves as more people have it. Now if we can only get all the VCs to think this way.

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

With World Mental Health Day just behind us, I thought about how the tech industry can be a difficult place to stay mentally well. However, health is something more fundamental, almost on the lowest level of the hierarchy of needs , which includes mental health. Education says you care. Share on Twitter.

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SE Asia-based ESG and sustainable finance startup GoImpact raises Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

Register GoImpact , an ESG and Sustainable Finance start-up , announced the closing of its Series-A round fund-raising, at a valuation of $22 million, tripling that of the last round. GoImpact is on a mission to drive the sustainability agenda forward, bridging the knowledge gap between talk and action.

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San Diego Angel Conference VI Announces Six Finalists to Compete for Share of Largest Event-Based Angel Fund in U.S.

American Entrepreneurship

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. Each year, the program culminates in a live final funding event.