Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Her fibromyalgia diagnosis after university gave her even more drive to launch CAPAZ in 2018. In 2018, after Déborah finished researching the play, it went on tour around Lima, and her team launched their production with a new name, CAPAZ (Spanish for “able”). Fibromyalgia changed my life,” she believes.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love. How has YLAI helped you achieve your mission?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. Wanting to also focus on building opportunities in his own community, Gastón pursued social entrepreneurship and launched eaInversores.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For comparison, there were only four unicorns in the region in 2018 — and it wasn’t necessarily obvious at the time that several Latin American companies would go on to list their shares publicly, both in the U.S. As Vasconcellos clarified for us via email, the number reflects the fact that eight new unicorns were minted in 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. We have to have strong conviction in the quality of the team and the opportunity and commit more quickly. By 2018 I sensed that he was right and we began focusing more on our barbell approach. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My My sister, who had been working at the United Nations, noticed that ethnic groups in Honduras were particularly disadvantaged, many with limited access to economic opportunities,” Rafael says.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data was extracted from the 2018 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) report from the U.S. More than 25,000 jobs were created in 2018 by firms 0-1 years old in Tarrant County. Department of Commerce/Economic Development Administration joined us to discuss current funding programs and opportunities from the EDA. Census Bureau.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Porfirio Baez spent his free time dreaming up different ways to contribute to the preservation of the environment. To celebrate Porfirio’s efforts in creating job opportunities in his community, and in leading them toward a culture of sustainability, the YLAI Network asked him a few questions about Green Depot’s successes.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In 2018, the state of Nebraska released Blueprint Nebraska, a strategic plan aimed at identifying the state’s core economic development challenges to create pioneering solutions. Solving statewide community opportunities. From inception to implementation, ecosystem building can be a complex process, and it does not happen overnight.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. The opportunities I have received from YLAI have allowed me to share my knowledge, attend further seminars and learn how to help others in ways normally overlooked.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Cinthya Andino is most passionate about design and about protecting the environment. Staying open to change in the face of adversity is key to expansion, growth, and opportunity. By Angie Garozzo. In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. Advice for Network members.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship. How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ranaldi and Szekely won their local GSEA competition and advanced into the Canadian national competition in January 2018. And although they did not go on to compete on the global stage, Ranaldi appreciated the opportunity to be a part of EO GSEA. . GSEA brought a ton of value to us,” he shared.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

I’ve seen companies who avoided the big round and then struggled without enough resources to ship products on time and then missed market opportunities and sold in mediocre outcomes as others sailed by them. April 30th, 2018. I’ve seen the companies that had they not raised the big round would have evaporated.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

In 2018, she moved her business to Charlotte and has seen significant improvements since. I knew that if we scaled up, we’d have the opportunity to influence and impact even more people in a positive way, but I needed to take the time to do that,” Allen explained. “It In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. 80 percent of construction firms are having trouble hiring craft workers ( Associated General Contractors of America from August 2018 ).Today, billion into construction tech in 2018. USA News ).Labor

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

According to a new report from Risk Based Security, 6,500 publicly known data breaches from 2018 exposed more than 5 billion user records, a decrease from the 7.9 Senators about the potential privacy and security implications of recording passengers in-flight. billion user records that hackers compromised in 2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. If you look at the blue line below in what we are calling “private-market IPOs” you’ll see the discernible trend that began in 2014 and has continued through 2018 and you’ll see the impact this has potentially had on public IPOs in green.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Place more women front-and-center in EO external relations, including leveraging partnerships and speaker agencies to place more EO women speaking to the outside world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

My COO (who was also my husband and partner for 22 years) passed in 2018 after a short battle with cancer. When Opportunity Knocks, Scrutinize It. Everyone loves opportunity. That’s why every time an opportunity arises, I ask myself a list of specific questions in order to fully think through it.

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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. It sold its assets earlier this year to PB Funding Group — a group of lenders recruited by then-CEO Bill Mitchell in 2018 to keep it afloat. Quibi (2018-2020). Total Raised: $1.75

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without industry-wide master unique identifiers for medical-surgical (med-surg) items, hospitals cannot easily compare products by their attributes to identify cost-savings opportunities, or map product selection to the best patient outcomes. This challenge spelled fear and opportunity in equal parts. We didn’t know the domain.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

I share how, in 2018, we experienced significant staff issues, even as the competition was reaching its peak popularity in Ireland. In late 2018, I let the whole team go, and started over. There’s an opportunity here. I always weave EO into the story of Junk Kouture.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Discord’s doubling in corporate value comes as the persistent, inept, American response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate the adoption and growth of businesses creating virtual social networking opportunities. Those opportunities are apparent in Discord’s explosive growth. To date, Discord has raised $379.3

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

Boston | May 8th, May 10th, June 3rd | The three-part Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series will gather select enterprise executives for a half-day of insights from the latest Rock Health research, facilitated networking opportunities, and expert discussions on startup-enterprise partnerships in digital health. Request an invite.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Shinde siblings started the company after selling their last company , Mezi, a travel concierge, to American Express in 2018. I believe we have the opportunity to build a large company. As part of the investment, Ravi Adusumalli, founder and managing partner at Elevation Capital, will join Zeni’s board.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Jeff Myers and Ryan Belanger-Saleh co-founded Gatsby, a commission-free options and stock-trading app aimed at younger traders, in 2018. We believe that options can offer retail investors opportunities to generate returns in today’s more challenging market environment. That’s up from 10 million at the end of 2018, 12.3

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

He was involved in setting the company’s strategic vision and leading the firm’s global business development opportunities. In 2018 Metropolis introduced the first application of its platform at a commercial garage and began the first productization of its proprietary technology.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

How do we build a technology platform that would have the opportunity to give women access to the tools, tech, and resources they need to succeed?”. EBW 2020 is a social impact organization. It's a community that brings together women across the globe who are starting and growing companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 3, 2023

Andrei Grachev, the Managing Partner at DWF Labs, said, “We believe this strategic partnership will accelerate Alchemy Pay’s growth in Korea, providing more opportunities for businesses and consumers to embrace the benefits of digital assets and web3 technologies.”

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StartupNation

MARCH 8, 2021

Starbucks reached racial and gender pay equality in 2018 through the use of a calculator that objectively determines an employee’s pay range based off experience, as well as a tool that analyzes bonuses to ensure all bias is removed from the compensation process. Structure your employee’s pay scales to be equal and transparent.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Together, we see this as a key opportunity to bring even more innovation and creativity to Hubs than we could alone,” Udom said in a blog post. ” Mozilla launched Hubs in 2018, which it pitched at the time as an “experiment” in “immersive social experiences.”

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

A 2018 study by the the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy reported that there were over 379,000 veteran-owned employer businesses in the U.S. , This is not only a great way to get your feet wet as an entrepreneur, but also a perfect opportunity to network with fellow veterans. and overall, 6.8

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