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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Who is missing from your network? Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. Make your ecosystem inclusive.

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Cato Network snags $130M Series E on $1B valuation as cloud wide area networking thrives

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Cato Networks has spent the last five years building a cloud-based wide area network that lets individuals connect to network resources regardless of where they are. Palo Alto Networks to acquire CloudGenix for $420M. Juniper Networks acquires Boston-area AI SD-WAN startup 128 Technology for $450M.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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In my mind, Randy Newman said it best, “ I love LA &# – idyllic weather, a mélange of cultures and big industry. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. It is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. million in SF Bay Area ).

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Eliminating gender-based violence in Peru one ‘sonrisa’ at a time

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

An organization started by a YLAI Network member in Peru, Tejiendo Sonrisas , represents a team of activists working toward the goal defined by the U.N. To celebrate the work that our network members are doing to combat violence against women, we interviewed co-founder Hanz Heinz, who was enthusiastic to share his story.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck. billion in cash.

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Truth, Fiction and Media Literacy

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

As media technologies continue to expand in scope and reach, with little regard for physical or cultural borders, how we educate students about the role of media in their daily lives increasingly incorporates more global perspectives. Media literacy education is a global and international focus. References: Pariser, E. government. .

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Deal Opacity

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When I moved back to the Bay Area in early 2011, the technology and startup sector didn’t feel as big or expansive as it does today. Now, contrast 2011 with 2019, and we have an entirely different situation. Today in 2019, this deal information among the top VC brands is only really moving through smaller, trusted networks.