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8 Tips To Navigate Cancel Culture So Your Business Survives

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here’s what she shared: In the digital era, cancel culture has become a formidable force, holding public figures, top executives, and established businesses to a rigorous accountability standard. The unpredictability of cancel culture means it can surface without warning, carrying with it profound implications for businesses.

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How a Fashion Brand in Honduras Is Preserving the Country’s Traditional Culture

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

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 Today Rafael is working with Xiomara and other artisans to market their products, all the while preserving traditional Honduran culture. There is no one Honduran,” Rafael says. “We

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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Lastly, six of the eight founders that counted as part of the BI study were part of mixed teams--where there were both male and female founders. Why so many mixed teams? That, statistically, is true.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

The immersive three-and-a-half-day programme is based around three key themes – board leadership, cultural intelligence and climate awareness. Recently, NZ Defence awarded Starboard a contract to improve NZ’s maritime awareness with immediate use across multiple government agencies.

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Attract Talent by Creating an Empathetic Company Culture

StartupNation

What used to be a highly organized, cold, productive-oriented environment is now striving toward flexibility, collaboration, and empathy. However, even with more focus on values such as inclusion and flexibility, we still have a strong hustle culture that puts productivity and success above all else.

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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

TechCrunch

An injury or an illness can cause someone to use the internet differently on a temporary basis. To design for people with disabilities, it’s important to have an understanding of how they use your products or web properties. Everyone is going to become situationally, temporarily or episodically impaired at some point in their lives.

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