Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Janese, a 2017 YLAI Professional Fellow, is the founder of Jan’s Empowerment Institute (JEI) in Antigua and Barbuda. She works tirelessly to aid in the development of the full potential of her community and empower others to find economic independence. Growing up in an inner-city community of St. The importance of persistence.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

Entrepreneurship Professor Michael Goldberg has this to say about finding your niche : “Before entrepreneurs should think about expanding, they need to show that they are solving a problem and making a place in the community for their initial customer base.”. Understand your audience and educate your community.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. H erbert Dwyer , a United States Marine Corps Veteran, co-founded EMPEQ in 2017, leveraging his prior experience in the energy field. Its mission is to support and empower veterans across the U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sales strategy, coaching + CRM Fractional, outsourced sales Trade shows, expos + events We support you and your business to grow a healthy sales pipeline. Knowledge Base: The relevance of selling for business owners with Mary Crampton, Magnify Consulting What message or offer would you like to share with the NZ Entrepreneur community?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. “I cannot change the world, but I can contribute to make it a better place to live.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

At EO, we celebrate and support entrepreneurs on World Entrepreneurs’ Day—and every day! The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a community of entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere. EO supports entrepreneurs at every age and stage. Why did they decide to join EO as full members after achieving their initial growth goals?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

With my extensive knowledge in complex investigations involving trafficking organizations, I thought, “How can we give back to our community?”. We named it Operation Rose because my father, who lost his battle to cancer in January 2017, used to pass out roses in church—simply because it made people happy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

InfoTrust has enjoyed a successful November: first by organizing its international Basket Brigade to benefit 435-plus families in need, and by being named to Ad Age’s 2017 Best Place to Work list, which includes 50 U.S. Giving back to the community is the foundation of InfoTrust’s culture. “We We owe them all a big thank you!”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

I quickly realized after joining a Forum that EO wasn’t just there to help you get rich but to support the complete entrepreneur, from wealth creation to emotional support, community, and education. Finding Strategic Support Running a business is no easy feat.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Their conversation definitely has to do with small business success and entrepreneurial support, but the journey is a little different than our normal conversations. Basically, this is the government's response to helping disadvantaged communities, but Scott helps explain to us why we should care and why it's important.

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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. In the time since TransWave’s beginnings, Neish has made sure to focus on setting up roles of ‘ambassadors’ to support the work of the organization and provide more opportunities for the local community. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Antonio Lennert , a member of EO Canada Bridge, is an entrepreneur, designer and community builder. He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. Canada is not known to be a surfing hotspot,” said Lennert.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. He has been a supporter of the startup community since before the word startup was in general conversation.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Nayleen, a 2017 YLAI fellow, is from a small rural village in the province of Los Santos, Panama. She saw a need for local artisans in this community to be given the same opportunities as those in the modern industry. By Elise Kemp. Growing up, Nayleen Quintero was surrounded and nurtured by Panamanian folklore. Nayleen Quintero. “It

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. David Buchan-Swanson (2017) joined this number as a software engineer). Jessie Hughes (2017) continues her work as a VR filmmaker. Where are they now?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

I had the support of other business owners in the community who encouraged me to leave. In 2017, I started my own facilities maintenance company, Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). In 2017, I started my own facilities maintenance company, Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). million in 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Mat, a former senior engineer at Toyota, was made redundant during the closure of the automotive industry in Australia in 2017. Using his redundancy payout, he worked for two years as a volunteer before formally establishing Free 3D Hands as a charity supported by public speaking, donations and corporate sponsorship.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

What issues in your community drove you to create this company? Because it’s more convenient to shop online or support a larger business, people weren’t supporting smaller businesses as much as bigger ones. LinkUp launched in 2017. Read on to learn more about Kenna’s journey and experience expanding her small business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

2017 feels like a very long time ago. Yet, as I mark five years leading the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) as its CEO, it’s a good time to reflect on five key insights gained from such a remarkable community of business founders. How can I help them grow as individuals, and help us grow as a community? A global pandemic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the leader of a company that focuses on giving back to the community as its “why,” we asked Alex how he recognizes America’s National Working Parents Day and supports working parents every day. In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, among married couples with children, 96.9 Here’s what he shared.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our mission remains engaging business owners at every stage with the tools, education and community necessary to learn and grow to new levels of leadership , in business and beyond. As a member of EO Puerto, he’s also seen the company through the 2017 hurricane Maria.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cityblock Health , a company that provides healthcare services to low-income communities, is now commanding a high-priced valuation of over $1 billion after venture capitalists poured $160 million into the company. The company first spun out of Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs in 2017 and initially partnered with EmblemHealth.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We launched Startup School as an online program in 2017 to support founders actively working on building their companies. We’re also very excited to launch a co-founder matching service for our community soon. We’d love to support you however we can. You can register for the new course today.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. All across the country, communities need to jump start and rebuild their economies. The research and evidence supporting the impact and value of startup community building is strong. They need a community of support.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Coordinated by Delaware Prosperity Partnership and innovation-supporting partners from throughout the Delaware business community and beyond, Startup302 launched in 2020 and has provided $800,000 in funding to 52 ventures since 2021.

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Startup Catalyst

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Just over a month ago, we were joined by friends, supporters, and alumni for Startup Catalyst’s 4th birthday. Startup Community cohort (2017). Israel cohort (2017). Investor cohort (2017). Female Founders cohort (2017). …to We’ve had many great partners and supporters over the years. to 7 locations.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . 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.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

For example, in 2017, we returned to Kansas City at the invitation of our co-investors and friends at the KCRise Fund to participate in a community event and meet with their portfolio. And we congratulate the Kansas City startup community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. SafeBoda has rarely announced any of its funding rounds since its inception in 2017, but people who know the company’s dealings say it has raised over $20 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Beam Impact , a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

2017 YLAI Fellow Andrea Puente Salazar has had her share of obstacles on her way to entrepreneurial success. To highlight Andrea’s hard work and perseverance, we asked her to answer the following questions and provide key advice to fellow YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

If you watch the short video below you’ll have a great sense on what is uniquely LA in 2017 — hearing from Mayor Garcetti, Kobe Bryant, Tyra Banks, Baron Davis and so many great advocates for the uniqueness of our city and some of our key stats. link] There’s no doubt in my mind that “LA is having a moment” and both VCs and LPs realize it.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It’s been incredibly difficult for both professional and personal reasons—and if I hadn’t met my wife Aja in late 2017, this would have all been a pretty dismal time, to be honest. I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 17, 2020

This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round. Founders come to Startup School for the personalized advice and camaraderie that a strong community provides. Curriculum. journey, not an end in and of itself.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

On the east side, a “ Business Support Hub ” that would support startup companies, and a hotel were planned to be built. The LH Business Support Hub opened in 2017 and is currently being used as a space for startup companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

HoneyBee , a startup that aims to help companies provide access to financial support for their employees, announced today it has raised $5.7 HoneyBee has also secured a $100 million debt facility from CIM, an institutional impact investment manager that provides debt capital for innovation that lends to underserved communities. .

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