Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Before launching YHS, Ashna participated in a number of student leadership activities and was already an active member of her community. YHS presents projects to these potential partners that are already in place, which could benefit from additional support, including financial support to cover remaining expenses.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Networking & Collaboration Building relationships, seeking mentorship, and leveraging partnerships for growth. Builds leadership skills Encourages vision-setting, motivation, and team-building. It’s about thinking and acting as an entrepreneur when presented with challenges in most any environment.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Investor Expectations Many entrepreneurs fundraising for the first time, make the mistake of passionately focusing on their business idea’s features, instead of the compelling investment opportunity they are presenting to the investor that should not be missed.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Entrepreneurs are presented with both business and personal challenges as they travel their entrepreneurial journey. Whether it’s helping you develop leadership skills as your team expands, or guiding you through the complexities of scaling your operations, your mentor will continue to be a valuable resource as your business evolves.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I have to ask myself, “Do the company’s core leadership team and the individual people on it have the track record of success that can carry this company forward?”. Each company and its leadership team is bound to inevitably run into hurdles that could make or break their business model and ability to grow as a business.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

Over the past nine years, our partnership with the Zahn Center has supported over 2,000 students in today’s ever-changing economy through mentorship, and we look forward to engaging more for many years to come.” “I Our history in the US dates back to 1902, and we are currently present in eight locations throughout the Americas.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 24, 2019

Online Mentorship Networks. Online mentorship networks bridge the gap if you have a limited professional network and take some of the guesswork out to help match you with a mentor. . Find a Mentor includes over 1,500 categories including leadership, career, and communications. . Staying in related industries is probably best.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

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. It allows you to present realistic opportunities and waste far less of your and their time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 22, 2023

My leadership was crucial in overcoming the challenges posed by COVID-19 and significant organizational changes. I provided mentorship to the CTO and Head of Development, focusing on stabilizing their delivery processes. My primary focus was on stabilizing development flows, enhancing leadership, and cultivating a positive culture.

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Feedough

JANUARY 6, 2021

With no mentorship or formal studies to support my endeavor, I struggled. Serial entrepreneurs love to move on to the next startup idea even when their present startup idea is going great – it’s the thrill of starting a company and seeing it succeed on traditional business metrics that fires some entrepreneurs up.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The exception was posting on third-party websites like LinkedIn or in newsletters, a strategy reported by 54% of firms in 2020 (a substantial increase from 37% in 2018), which presents one avenue to reach a broader audience of candidates outside of existing networks. Assessing inclusion remains a challenge. Maintaining momentum.

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Impact Hub

MAY 27, 2024

adidas Community Lab: Empowering latino/a/e social entrepreneurs in Portland The 2023 adidas Community Lab, in collaboration with Impact Hub, supports Black and Latino/a/e social entrepreneurs by providing resources, funding, and mentorship. This year’s programme graduated eight participants, each receiving $75,000 in funding.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 22, 2022

Female leadership and entrepreneurial potential remain – no doubts – an untapped source of economic growth that should be further encouraged and supported. It is present in 8 countries and has supported 80 entrepreneurs all around Europe throughout a 6-months long entrepreneurial journey.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Winners get $7000, a round-trip ticket to Silicon Valley, access to world-class mentorship, and more.”. Three dot dash.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2021

Defining Your Company Mission: The purpose of the mission statement is to present a short summary of your business’ purpose and focus. Since 1964, SCORE has provided education and mentorship to more than 11 million entrepreneurs. Additionally, angel investor portfolio companies will benefit from the clarity and knowledge being shared.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Whether it’s through relevant seminars, one-on-one coaching, or in-house mentorship, there are a number of excellent ways you can help employees upskill and keep them motivated through dire times. Once defeatism creeps into your body language, your employees will lose confidence in your leadership and start jumping overboard.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2020

What is mentorship, really? In 2016, during my time as president of the EO Montreal chapter, I was accepted into the Global Leadership Academy (GLA), an incredible leadership program. By the end of the five-day leadership training , I had mustered up the courage to walk up to Warren and ask him point-blank. The big ask.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 3, 2023

The major items were: A senior level role for me Opportunities for personal development and growth Mentorship from senior leadership A home for as many of our clients and employees as possible With this framework I was able to avoid wasting time on deals that were not going to be a fit for my needs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ozor mentioned how undergoing several changes, self-doubt and fatigue took a toll on his mental health; eventually, he had to sort help through some mentorship programs. Most times, your investors and board are present when it’s working. When it’s not working, it can get lonely.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Competitions have three rounds: Executive Summary, Full Plan, and Public Presentation. Requires Columbia affiliation.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

28 January, 2021, New Delhi: Aspire Impact, a social enterprise focused on impact leadership and. Impact Hub is present in 60 countries already and has delivered over 450 incubation, acceleration and. Majority of the respondents agreed that mentorship, technological inputs, R&D Support and. for impact at scale. “We

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 7, 2023

10 Ways to Develop High-Potential Startup Employees In the quest to identify and develop high-potential employees for future leadership roles, we sought insights from a range of professionals, including Talent Directors, CEOs, and HR Managers. Those are key qualities in a strong leadership team.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to former employees of human resources startup Free Agency, CEO Sherveen Mashayekhi’s leadership style is holding the startup back as he seems to care more about demanding loyalty and controlling his employees than building a company. The hired coach was not present for this exercise.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Institute Cross-Functional Mentorship Within our startup, we recognized the importance of fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams. We instituted a dynamic mentorship program to address this, strategically pairing team members with diverse skill sets and functions.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I didn’t want to do a big commute, so– Yelp was a good fit there, and I just had such good mentorship that I wanted to come back full-time. I think that if I were to rejoin the tech industry now, I don’t know whether or not I would go for a leadership role or an IT role. ” The reality is, most likely, you can.

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