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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Crain’s Chicago Business named Olga among “Chicago’s Most Powerful Latinos” in 2019. Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2010 Emerging Leaders Program Selection. Olga: I would say marketing has been the main challenge, but our Latinx media champions have stepped up to join the cause and have been helping us get the word out.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. Lagos, a Nigerian port city, is the home of more than 60 startups focused on solving social problems. Business / Finance.

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Bootstrapping 2010 by MIT Enterprise Forum

The Startup Lawyer

I’ll be giving a brief presentation next week when the MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth puts on Bootstrapping 2010. When: Thursday, Feb 25, 2010. Where: Infomart #2019 ( Architel ), 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas 75207. 6:40 – Mike Merrill – 10 Ways to Promote Your Company For Free Using Social Media.

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Bootstrapping 2010 by MIT Enterprise Forum

The Startup Lawyer

I’ll be giving a brief presentation next week when the MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth puts on Bootstrapping 2010. When: Thursday, Feb 25, 2010. Where: Infomart #2019 ( Architel ), 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas 75207. 6:40 – Mike Merrill – 10 Ways to Promote Your Company For Free Using Social Media.

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How to Open a Marijuana Dispensary

Up and Running

and $8 billion by 2019. Mitch Woolhiser saw a magnificent and unusual business opportunity in the budding marijuana industry in 2010. Mitch Woolhiser dealt with this while searching for space for his dispensary back in 2010. It’s still at the ground floor of the whole thing, considering the federal illegality of it,” says Mitch.

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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

ConversionXL

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (2010). Obviously Awesome by April Dunford (2019). Covering everything from social media to content marketing, Everybody Writes will help you create content that your customers and community will love. What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.

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How to Use Storytelling in Business to Build Captivated Audiences

ConversionXL

In 2010, researchers at Princeton University set out to study the brain activity of both speakers and listeners under the pretext that communication is a joint activity. It allows you to take a set of facts and ideas and communicate them to your audience in an engaging way. Your message should be clearly understood.

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