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.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

While 2018 YLAI Fellow Janeel Boon spends his time running his business Boon’s Computer Repairs , he is also well-known in his home country of St. Kenishia Mais, a 2018 Fellow, works with her financial coaching organization, ThrivingDollars , to educate young people on budgeting. Understand your audience and educate your community.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With the support of the U.S. 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.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data captured from the small businesses supported by SourceLink® affiliate organizations provides valuable information for our network to report to their community stakeholders. Tracking and supporting job creation. Data was extracted from the 2018 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

Convening with CEO and co-founder Ryan Simonetti By Steve Murray and Patrick Conroy , Partners at Revolution Growth Convene’s London location at 22 Bishopsgate In 2018, Revolution Growth led an investment in Convene , an emerging leader in flexible work, meetings and events, and premium venues.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in Nebraska now have access to a premier network of interconnected support resources that spans the 76,878 square mile state. One key aspiration was driving job creation and attracting young adults to the area by providing more support for entrepreneurs, innovators and small businesses.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Sandro Roco: I had the idea for Sanzo in 2018. At the same time, 2018 was the summer of LaCroix and other flavored sparkling water brands across a larger $45 billion carbonated soft drink category that has been in decline in the U.S. Here are Five Questions with Sandro. Hunter Walk: Backstory time! Crazy Rich Asians became the No.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This Computer Science Education Week, I celebrated by meeting with a very large employer in NYC and talking about getting that company’s employees deeply engaged with computer science education in the NYC schools and supporting the CS4All Capital Campaign, which I Chair. I wrote about that visit here.

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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. Kitts & Nevis , a support group setting designed to empower entrepreneurs as they pivot in this trying time. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 28, 2020

Through the Saint Apollonia Mobile Dental Clinic , 2018 YLAI Fellow Valesca Saint Cyr is able to deliver quality and affordable dental care to underserved communities in Haiti. The people in the communities we go to are always happy to see us, and they always support us. By Ana Gonzalez. How has your organization been successful?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university full-time, GSEA offers young entrepreneurs the chance to receive financial relief, valuable connections and instrumental support. . As he continues to grow Ace of Decks, Ranaldi has a big vision and an ambition to match it.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. From there, they founded EnerGea.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 20, 2024

It includes fresh ingredients, direct delivery of meals, and behavioral support. RxDiet was co-founded by Roman Kalista and Jan Skvaril in 2018. With such high-level results, R xDiet gained the support of investors, recently closing a $3 million seed funding round led by Giant Ventures. He also holds an M.D.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

You might remember our profile of the firm back in 2018 when it officially launched with a $100 million enterprise fund. They did exactly that to continue to support our deal as agreed to, and our round was closed during the pandemic. I will always remember that about Conductive and who they are.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

With encouragement from friends and family, in March 2018, I founded Covert Results, a private investigations and security company. We’ve experienced an outpouring of support from the local community and media. It was time to retire and start a new venture. The company has doubled in size each year.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The support of IP Group and DreamIt Ventures is further evidence we’re solving a widely recognized problem that is ubiquitous within the healthcare industry,” Airan-Javia said. For me, this is a mission to ensure clinicians have the best possible tools to support the countless medical decisions they make on a daily basis.”

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

In 2018, women started 1,821 net new businesses every day according to research by American Express, which also showed that black women are starting businesses at the fastest rate of any racial group. SourceLink offers resources and support to help you do just that. Plenty of initiative.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Because it’s more convenient to shop online or support a larger business, people weren’t supporting smaller businesses as much as bigger ones. In 2018 we had 200 businesses, and in 2019, 400. What issues in your community drove you to create this company? What has it been like to scale your business?

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

Meet the tech companies transforming real estate using VR and AR technology: View this post on Instagram UberPuppy A post shared by VirtualAPT (@virtualaptcorp) on Nov 19, 2018 at 1:58pm PST VirtualAPT develops autonomous robots that scan rooms and capture 360-degree video content that customers can then use to market their spaces.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

After experiencing insurance and financial services businesses take advantage of people she cared for, State Farm agent owner Emma Allen knew she would go into that industry to support her community. In 2018, she moved her business to Charlotte and has seen significant improvements since.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 11, 2020

Global Business Development Expert Cheryl Edison and our very own 2018 YLAI alum and young entrepreneur Shemeon William discuss the intricacies of business development & growth. Here, Edison stressed the importance of makerspaces, where entrepreneurs can share experiences, support each other and test their products. Posted by U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

A look back at the Israeli cybersecurity industry in 2018. Michael Cortez, vice president at YL Ventures, focuses on business development initiatives to grow the market leadership of the firm and its portfolio companies, with an emphasis on strategic and tactical support for early-stage go-to-market activities. Michael Cortez.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Fund II, which aims to support high growth potential pre-Seed and Seed stage Web3 and blockchain startups, received backing from key investors, including Polygon, Ripple, Octava, NEO Global Capital (NGC), Appworks, Sebastien Borget COO of The Sandbox, GSR, LD Capital, Metavest Capital, and more.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project. Active Replica sold virtual event packages that included venue design, event planning, live entertainment and tech support.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Initially introduced in 2018, the policies have now been extended until the end of 2027, as stated in a joint announcement by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration. Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups.

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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. No one can prepare for a crisis of that magnitude, but I learned that by relying on others for help and support, along with good problem-solving skills, I can get through anything. Bigger Isn’t Always Better. It will pay off.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, became WeRide’s strategic investor in 2018 following the completion of the startup’s Series A round, which was partially funded by the Chinese facial recognition giant SenseTime.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. I’d rather put the money into the program themselves than supporting the founders. For us, it was not a good use of money.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 24, 2023

Register ZEBOX , a global accelerator founded in 2018 by the Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, Rodolphe Saadé, has launched its Asia Pacific hub in Singapore. The ZEBOX Asia Pacific hub has the support of Enterprise Singapore and the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In addition, SDG Lab participants were asked to support the creation of the SDG Olympic Games for Climate. 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.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It will also support the development of new consumer and enterprise products to enable Indonesians and businesses to access a wider range of services securely and accelerate broader digital transformation. Marshall Pribadi, CEO and Co-Founder of Privy, said he is thrilled to welcome KKR as among their new investors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

Finding a mentor and finding the right business partner, Ricardo Clavijo (2018 YLAI Fellow!) Assume people are willing to help, and ask for help and support when you need it. With all of the skills I learned and with my strong relationships, I was able to confidently take this back to Bolivia and strengthen my ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Kukua says the investment will support its goal to continue building an IP-centric kids’ “edutainment” universe with new Super Sema original content, licensing, merchandise and publishing offerings. Lucrezia Bisignani founded Kukua in 2018, but it wasn’t until three years later that the team put out the first version of Super Sema.

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