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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2017 YLAI Fellow Andrea Puente Salazar has had her share of obstacles on her way to entrepreneurial success. How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. By Shannon Courtney. Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. to herself over and over.

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Leading Leaders: 5 Insights from 5 Years with EO (that can help you, too)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

2017 feels like a very long time ago. By Dr. Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The world has changed significantly. A global pandemic. A brutal war. A stressful squeeze on global supply chains. A surge in extreme weather disasters. The rise of ‘fake news’. It is a time that has tested many of us.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

Both Sides of the Table

92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with This had a dual purpose?—?the they are communities and tribes.

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Finding Community in NYC Tech Again

This is going to be BIG.

— Jeff Namnum (@namnum) December 8, 2017. It touched off a whole discussion about putting on a BarCamp here again--a collaborative, open "unconference" where people could come together to share and learn about a wide variety of topics. I started with a tweet from Jeff Namnum about how he joined the tech community.

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SmartRyde, a Japanese online platform for airport transfers, spurs global expansion with Series A

TechCrunch

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami) and Japan, Kimura said. since December 2020, as per its statement.

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Benchmarking Slack's S-1: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tomasz Tunguz

Let’s examine this remarkable company and compare it to Zoom , another recent IPO in enterprise collaboration. Let’s examine this remarkable company and compare it to Zoom , another recent IPO in enterprise collaboration. Also, we’ll compare metrics to a peer group with similar ACVs.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Box offers a 90-day free subscription with unlimited storage, 50,000 API calls, and more for their secure file sharing and collaboration platform. 1) Your school. 1) Your school. school of engineering). Many universities (e.g.,

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