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Strengthening financial education in Argentina with honesty and integrity

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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. His organization, eaInversores, provides financial education through online courses and conferences.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Leave Your White Guy Behind

This is going to be BIG.

Over the weekend, Rent the Runway held an event for its Project Entrepreneur initiative, which brought together over 100 female entrepreneurs looking to get education and advice on how to take their businesses to the next step. Not a single investor turned her down.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what about education? It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them. I would encourage you to think bigger. Sure, that’s a fine category. Financial Services?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. A bit laughable in 2010, just 12 years later.

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How I Promise You One of the Most Meaningful Days of Your Life

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Defy Ventures is a program that aims to educate people in prison to become better humans upon graduation. Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012.

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Planning Your Fund Raising — “Measure Twice, Cut Once”

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This post has some basic advice on how to plan your raise before you hit the road. If you’re building an education startup and you don’t see any logos of education companies on the firm’s website you are likely targeting the wrong firm. In 2010 I didn’t know a single thing about LPs (the people who invest in VC funds).

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