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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.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
AUGUST 25, 2020
In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. However, the community has engaged positively with the company, with many clients also making sustainable changes in their lives.
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
AUGUST 19, 2020
Here, she learned more about volunteerism and also learned about the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. “It Seeing the difference between the two countries and the difference in programming between them,” as well as the emphasis on sustainability, she thought to herself, “why are we not talking about this in Peru?”
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JULY 28, 2016
As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. A 2015 Maine Business Leader of the Year , he reports that eliminating waste and carbon has freed capital for growth, enhancing employee and customer loyalty.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
AUGUST 18, 2020
2017 YLAI Fellow Neish’s hard work of creating a sustainable trans rights movement has blossomed far beyond his expectations. Celebrating his success in building a sustainable movement, the YLAI Network spoke with Neish recently for background into TransWave’s beginnings and for an update on its future.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. For example, we’re now already well into our third growth fund that we started in 2015 (the first returned 2x cash in 3.5 But if you know Kara, you likely already know all of this.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 26, 2022
Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains. In short, In Venture Capital, Size Matters Size matters for a few reasons.
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