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VC Corner: Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture VC

Startup Grind

He has worked with several startups, invested in companies like Mayvenn, Gimlet Media, Blavity, Airspace Technologies, Codeverse, and many others Pitch your startup for a chance to meet with Cross Culture VC Q&A: What is your / your fund's mission? We started to invest out of our inaugural fund, Cross Culture Ventures I in April 2015.

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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

I then moved to Beijing to learn more about my Chinese culture and the language while also learning how to handle business with China. I moved back to El Salvador and started working toward my own dream at the end of 2015 with Masshii and started inspiring others to do the same. What is the mission of Masshii? .

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Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

TechCrunch

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. A lot of work remains in raising awareness and educating people about why we need to make these changes and how to go about it. It’s not woven into the business culture. Here’s what it reveals.

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How Duolingo became fluent in monetization

TechCrunch

Co-founders Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker never wanted to charge consumers for access to Duolingo content, a purpose imbued throughout the company’s culture. The startup, filled with education enthusiasts and mission-driven employees, became “very college pizza vibes,” Gina Gotthilf, former VP of Marketing at Duolingo, described.

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Go1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

Online education continues to get a lot of attention in the wake of COVID-19 and the shift it brought to how people can learn. The company was part of a Y Combinator cohort in 2015.). “Internally, we are considering how to provide education to everyone without pricing them out. It would be quite a different product.”

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Feeding the Hungry, Despite National Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Our focus includes education, health, livelihood, women development, youth development, literature and culture, and we aim to reach every sector of the society in order to make our efforts more transformational and impactful. Since October 2015, we’ve fed approximately 50,000 people. Tell us more about Karma Foundation.

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A Few Surefire Ways to Support the UN SDGs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2015, inspired by Elon Musk and the story of Tesla, Steve was searching for a way to shore up his personal and professional commitment to being the change he wanted to see in the world. If you work to educate and train people, for example, perhaps SDG 4, “Quality Education,” is one that naturally fits with your existing priorities.

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