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

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. in 2013, Benin is among the countries that have made significant progress in the recent years. To diversify the economy, the government put an emphasis on the services and sugarcane industries.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013.” On April 8th this year, professor Jay Rosen tweeted: “That’s it. Two of them?—?former

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Startup Visa Act 2013 Introduced By Udall (D-Colo) and Flake (R-Ariz)

Feld Thoughts

Today appears to be government day on Feld Thoughts. re-introducing the Startup Visa Act of 2013 (good). ” He also supported stapling green cards to diplomas, something I’ve been advocating since my OpEd with Paul Kedrosky in the Wall Street Journal on 12/2/09 titled Start-up Visas Can Jump-Start the Economy.

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Twitter Link Roundup #193 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Proving there’s no shortage of idiots in government, Dallas proposes stupid restrictions designed to keep Uber away – [link]. 20 Awesome Fonts for 2013 | Vector Diary – [link]. 25 Flourishing Examples of Green Paper Business Cards – [link]. Why Etsy’s brave new economy is crumbling – [link].

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Responses to Negative Data: Four Senior Leadership Archetypes.

Occam's Razor

Even with the limitations of tools, government regulations, and the astonishing fragmentation of everything (attention, devices, consumption sources, identities and more). They bring up that one time in 2013 when your analysis missed an important assumption. In 2019, we can measure the crap out of so much. Archetype #2: The Attacker.

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JFDI.Asia Accelerator: Bootcamp Practicalities

YoungUpstarts

“Role models” haven’t made it quite as far the heroes, but as practising entrepreneurs they are fully up-to-date with the on-the-ground realities of fundraising, hiring, and interfacing with government. We use a red/green chart to measure startup readiness for Demo Day. JFDI.Asia application deadline is on 31 July 2013.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20 We use a patented, proprietary ingredient Floralux which is naturally derived from chlorophyll (the green stuff in plants). Floralux is what makes our Restore Gel green. So I sat at home for a year to teach myself about optics and ended up founding Light with my cofounder in 2013.