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Finding your brand identity in 4 steps

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Many YLAI Network members have found creative ways to make their businesses and organizations stand out from the rest and have used their branding to create a strong following. That being said, we have seen many examples of large companies that get disrupted by smaller, scrappier startups.”. Find your passion and show your impact.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017: Failing Forward

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This week, EO joins with the Global Entrepreneurship Network in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2017) , which credits the importance and growing impact of entrepreneurship, and features an international calendar of events and partnerships. Did you miss Thursday’s spotlight on work-life balance?

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Give to Grow: Ad Age’s 2017 Best Places to Work List Features EO Member–Owned InfoTrust

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. Learn what it’s like to join the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs.

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Backbone nabs $14M for supply chain software inspired by mesh networks

TechCrunch

Vic Patil thinks the solution lies in a “mesh” — specifically what he calls a “supply mesh,” inspired by the way wireless mesh networks function. Patil cofounded Backbone, which is based in San Francisco, alongside Rajesh Chandran in 2017. ” Building a supply chain backbone.

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Personal Reinvention: The Hidden Secret to Successful Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

Great entrepreneurs invest countless hours reinventing, reimagining and disrupting products and services of all kinds. You’ve done your personal SWOT analysis and find that you struggle with sales, or networking or at delivering bad news. Reinvention is the key to successful entrepreneurship. What do you struggle with?

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. 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. Even then, as they say, don’t count the money until it’s in the bank.

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. That’s especially challenging for a foreigner who has less of an understanding of the local industry and lacks a network and people on the ground. Only disrupt when it adds value. investors remain shy.