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. Education is a must for Alpha, and he is always looking for new and innovative ways to share his content to connect to different audiences. Connecting and communicating your gift becomes most important.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

I founded Albany Can Code in December 2015, as an initiative to develop an inclusive software talent pipeline for New York’s capital region, joining some pathfinders founded in the past 24 months: Code Louisville, founded in November 2014 in Louisville, KY, is helping to fill a need for educated employees. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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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. You have to find balance.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Today a company called Sololearn — which has built a popular mobile-first education platform to meet that demand, now with over 21 million users across some 25 curriculum categories like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, HTML and SQL — is announcing $24 million in funding to expand its business. Why fund Yet One More?

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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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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Angel is the founder of Blue Hope ( Azul Esperanza ), an organization that provides educational therapy to children on the autism spectrum. How is Blue Hope a vital part of your community? Blue Hope is needed for the community in Nicaragua, as it provides assistance and relief to families of scarce resources when the state cannot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa is ranked among the worst-performing education systems in the world.

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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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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. Educational opportunities. How local entrepreneurship addresses the UN SDGs.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The report, “Empowering Global Citizens to Create Global Change,” focuses on the impact of MPOWER Financing’s core product, the world’s only fixed-rate, no-cosigner education loan for international and DACA students at top U.S. Enhance the financial independence and educational prospects of women from emerging markets.

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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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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Ruthe Farmer is the founder and CEO of the Last Mile Education Fund , and a global advocate and evangelist for equity and inclusion in technology and engineering. K-12 investments are important but need follow-through at the higher education level to yield the talent we need. More posts by this contributor.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Families across the nation have historically invested heavily in their children’s education to advance in life. But the quality of education and its affordability are two major challenges that millions of students, especially those living in smaller cities and towns, have always had to confront. You have to look at our genesis.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It has become a flagship entity for the tech community in France with hundreds of startups working from there. There are many ways to join the Station F community. There are three basic building bricks behind Launch — content, tools and community. With this new online program, Station F is focusing on online education.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“Centre County 4-H Robotics is incredibly thankful to Ben Franklin Technology Partners for their sponsorship of our program since 2016,” said Bill Jester, CC4H Robotics Advisor. We look forward to growing this partnership in the future as we continue to increase our impact in the local community and beyond.”

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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. Pay it forward.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This latest investment on Privy is anchored on the strong commitment of the Indonesian government to accelerate digital transformation through four strategic sectors – digital infrastructure, digital governance, digital economy, and digital citizenship – and contribute to the development of the digital community in Southeast Asia.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

In practice, laws protect the LGBTQ community from being refused a job, getting fired or being harassed by colleagues over their sexual orientation. The annual report from SOShomophobie , a French national association that fights discrimination against the LGBTQ community, showed a 19.5 Show Support to the Community.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

The New York-based educational technology startup Thimble aims to help address this problem by offering a subscription service for STEM-based projects that allow kids to make robotics, electronics and other tech using a combination of kits shipped to the home and live online instruction. “A lot of schools were in panic mode.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 19, 2022

Subsequently, he became an excellent chef by taking an intense course from San Francisco’s Tante Marie's cooking school, and then returned to his operator roots and took on the CEO role at QuestBridge, an educational non-profit helping connect low-income students with elite colleges around the country.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. That’s how I found the VC FinTech Accelerator in 2016, where one-third of founders were from minority backgrounds. hit nearly $1.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016. How well do your target LPs understand your investment thesis?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

T his was developed with the input of folks who might be direct beneficiaries of this program and that community was directly impactful in designing and developing this proposal,” Smith Ellis told TechCrunch. “We Murphy, said the initiative came after conversations with Black and Latinx business investors. “T

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens. I am a professor in entrepreneurship and educate students to this reflection and contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial culture and mindset. Theodoraki, C. Theodoraki, C.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The company, founded in 2016, provides 24/7 live chat and telehealth, ship-to-home prescriptions, vet-curated items in its e-commerce marketplace and educational content and programs. In addition, 25% of the capital was raised from underrepresented communities, Bhettay said. Fuzzy live chat via its app. Image Credits: Fuzzy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

When Winnie was first founded in 2016 by Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall , it was focused on childcare solutions built for parents. It’s time for the VC community to stop overlooking the childcare industry. Winnie Pro also includes help with marketing, enrollments and even staffing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2016

As the Director of Strategic Communications for the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , I am fortunate to be on the forefront of some exciting, new communication strategies that align with our department’s goal of educating and inspiring EO members—and all entrepreneurs—around the world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Image Credits: Cowboy Ventures / Guild Education. Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. yourprotagonist. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Toyosaki has had her eye on the crypto space since 2016 while she was working at UBS in Hong Kong. She is particularly excited by the opportunity to build a community around Cega and educate people about exotic derivatives trading, she added. ” .

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Getting children to school safely and reliably is a challenge as old as public education itself. m in 2016 with brothers Abhishek and Vivek Garg to optimize routes, create transparency and make school commutes greener; since then, Z?m That was just an interim to make sure the communities settled.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2016

This article was written by Matt Leedham, EO’s Vice President of the Americas, for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. While there, I spent a Saturday volunteering with an organization called Believe Guatemala, which empowers Guatemala City’s poor through education. My sister is a social worker and nutritionist.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve been tracking PsycApps, a startup that came up with a gamified mental health game called eQuoo , since 2016 , and this company — and its founder — is nothing if not persistent in “pivoting into the wind” The last we heard it had been approved by the U.K.’s seed capital raise from U.S.-based In the U.K.,

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