Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. The recognition of the impact of her hard work came years later when she was accepted for the YLAI Fellowship in 2016.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

Backed by federal funding, a coalition has put together a free program using public library resources, mentors from the software developer community, and online learning programs to turn out skilled, employable graduates. The post What’s Happening in Tech During 2016? appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. What’s your personal mantra for 2016? The post 4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016 appeared first on THE BLOG. By Tim Ferriss, Author, Early Stage Investor.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Educating against waste management.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

2016 YLAI Fellow Alpha Sennon is a well-recognized global “farmerpreneur,” motivational speaker, agri-youth advocate. Connecting and communicating your gift becomes most important. Discover your community. By Jewelle Saunders. For Alpha, farming was not always the plan. Studying agribusiness was mind-blowing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. Despite this nebulous, disconnected reality, companies are paying more attention to various channels as remote work and digital communication powers our days. who is building the best community in edtech right now? — natasha (@nmasc_) February 16, 2021.

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

More information about the ESHIP Communities program can be found here. A: I hope to see more development and opportunities for those from under-resourced communities in order to best serve the people. After graduating in 2016, I started the KC Cajun Food Truck and Catering Kansas City catering service.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

By the time I founded Equifund in 2016, I was deeply familiar with the landscape and felt prepared to tackle the challenge. But also know that with perseverance, a supportive community, and strategic thinking, it is possible to navigate the journey and emerge victorious. The problem I was solving was so clear to me.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A few years ago, maybe in 2016, we held a discussion of blockchain and crypto technologies at the annual meeting of our limited partners. We are also seeing a lot of innovation around governance, with crypto projects working on ways to allow the community of token holders to have real say in the way a crypto project operates.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. Growing the Foundation for YHS.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2016 YLAI Fellow Liziane Dranka Silva has realized the necessity of marketing and rebranding to expand and specify the target clientele of her company. . Entrepreneurs are discovering new and innovative ways to reach their target audience and express their mission, through their branding.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

How is Blue Hope a vital part of your community? Blue Hope provides cognitive therapy to autistic students to improve their behavior, their communication, their attention span, and improve how they manage their emotions, all of which will ultimately help them to integrate more easily into life in the community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

In 2016, I was looking for my next big thing after 25 years of operating a marketing business. The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. Our goal is to protect and retain the EO community of trust and respect so we can enjoy our “EO instimacy” at the event. Who can attend DX22?

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The last time I had visited was mid-2016 when I was getting ready to leave QUT. Danielle Vaz (2016) is with Deloitte Digital as a Technical Business Analyst. Kaitlyn Sapier (2016) co-founded OrbMaps and is also with Accenture as a Digital Business Integration Analyst. He took pictures of every community space he went into.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 28, 2020

Through the Saint Apollonia Mobile Dental Clinic , 2018 YLAI Fellow Valesca Saint Cyr is able to deliver quality and affordable dental care to underserved communities in Haiti. It was after this that I and a group of fellow dentists founded the clinic to meet the dental needs of our community. By Ana Gonzalez.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The coaches and the community have made me a better mom, wife, leader and person. She joined EO Minnesota in 2016. I have several, but honestly, working out on my Peloton has been a huge game-changer—so much so that I wrote an article about it ! That bike has gotten me in better shape, but it has also done so much more. And we are!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the National Science Foundation , women earned only 19% of computer science degrees in 2016. In 2016, 31% of CS masters degrees were granted to women, up from 28% in 1997. Fewer women obtaining CS degrees means fewer women becoming software developers. It doesn’t get much better than that!

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this One characteristic I have discovered and tracked with fascination since 2016?—?in And that’s a good thing. That difference?—?the the unique DNA of each city?—?is

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

In 2016, with 10 to 15 volunteers a week, our team represented 30,000 refugee mothers and children, securing the release of 99.9% Finding people who view themselves as servant leaders of their community—whether it is a business, organization or segment of humanity—instead of focusing on their own narrow self-interests, lifts me up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. What’s his secret to keeping it all moving forward?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. So after exploring our options, Stacey and I formed SPARK Schools, a series of private schools for low-income communities. … Read the rest of this amazing story in the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. Request a free copy by emailing us !

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016. Since its establishment in 2013, the Pangyo CS Alliance, a collective of 13 IT giants based in Pangyo, has been dedicated to addressing community-centric challenges.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 22, 2025

The number of small businesses in the state grew by nearly 16% between 2016 and 2022, the fourth-highest percentage in the country. The state saw a nearly 16% increase in the number of small businesses between 2016 and 2022, one of the highest growth rates in the nation. Beyond taxes, Floridas business growth is impressive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Michelle Ferguson is National Community Relations Director at Dream Corps. If this past year is any indication, it will hurt all of us — but communities of color will continue to suffer disproportionately. The situation is worse for communities of color. Kasheef Wyzard. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Startup Catalyst

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startup Community cohort (2017). Youth Cohort 2016. …of Rowena is a vital part of the community and does a lot of unseen work to support the ecosystem. James Schulte (Adelaide), 2016 Future Founders. Tom Robinson (Canberra), 2016 Future Founders and co-mission leader for the 2017 Future Founders mission.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Successful startup communities often grow organically without any deliberate plans or resources. It was 2016. Gregslist illustrated that Phoenix was indeed a very active software community with over 600 operating software companies. What ignites a startup ecosystem? But ecosystem building is hard. ” They tread lightly.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Awarded “The Best Hispanic Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2016 for his mobile application achievements, Rafael, a male survivor himself, developed this platform to empower underrepresented victims. What motivated you to launch your startup? I survived domestic violence.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. The flipside of Canada’s multicultural identity is that we have expat communities almost everywhere, which can be a huge leg up for expanding abroad. Leverage that when you’re hiring. Pay it forward.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It also offers an opportunity to examine those issues from a bit of distance to see if there are any broader takeaways for the community at large. HubHaus (2016-2020). The service had its roots in the software giant’s acquisition of Beam Interactive shortly after the startup won TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in 2016.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Despite the obstacles, it’s entrepreneurs who are driving real change and progress, transforming developing nations by growing knowledge-based economies, investing in local communities and solving challenges that Silicon Valley may not yet even be aware of. But it’s not only EO members who find innovative ways of driving social change.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

“With 4 million users, Splice is at the forefront of this transformation and is beloved by the creator community. Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2016. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Steve Martocci and his team at Splice.”. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Selexys Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Novartis for $665 million in October 2016. By leveraging its extensive network and resources, i2E is committed to supporting innovation, driving economic development, and nurturing a thriving entrepreneurial community. Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. was acquired by Genzyme Corp for $137.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We wanted to try [to] create something in Boulder as an experiment to see if we could knit together the startup community, get more people in the community, and get more startups launched that had the engagement of the local community, ” said Feld.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

This solves the issue of access as there are thousands of agents in these cash-dependent communities. When the information of this new set of customers is collected and saved on its platform, Bankly starts to build engaging communities where these people can collectively save their income with the agents.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The team is backed by Gray Matters Capital, Breega, Potencia Ventures, Zephyr Management, Goal Structured Solutions, 1776, Village Capital, VARIV, DreamIt, Fresco, Chilango, K Street, and University Ventures, as well as funds managed by Lloyd Crescendo Advisors, Community Investment Management, and Goldman Sachs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The startup community must defend merit-based immigration. In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey.

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