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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are in the midst of restructuring and adapting to the restrictions on our work in the country; the intention is to use virtual platforms to carry out our purpose and we have been doing so through online conferences and collaborative remote work.

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Innovative businesses that support local communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Juliana has dedicated herself to supporting the environment and developing a vision to “generate an ecological and sustainable awareness through a new form of design.” The videos show clients the process of creating the coffee and also talk about the culture and entrepreneurial story of the farmers.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Zurich tends to take the lion’s share, as the city’s embrace of startups has jump-started development, although Geneva and Lausanne are also hotspots. As well as traditional software engineering startups, Switzerland’s largest city boasts a startup culture that emphasizes life sciences, mechanical engineering and robotics.

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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work From Home Performance

StartupNation

There may be many aspects that favor remote work, but the lack of space to develop personal relationships is a definite downside. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter! Interact… efficiently! Loneliness is a common issue for people working from home, and it can be further aggravated by the current crisis.

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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

California has long been ground zero for the new: new technologies, new frontiers, new arts and culture. From a cultural perspective, I grew up on a diet of Hollywood culture and movies and TV shows. And so, there’s a lot of cultural heritage and history of that. And I think there were two influences.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. ” Lime scooters outside El Retiro Park in Madrid (Image Credits: Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch).

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Entrepreneurs reflect on value of i2E’s e3 mini-accelerator

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Our most recent cohort of entrepreneurs brought their innovative ideas across diverse areas of software development, biotechnology and agriculture to the program. Among its capabilities are cell and tissue culture reagents, bacterial reagents, biochemical reagents, molecular biology reagents and mycoplasma detection and elimination reagents.