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Supporting the Zane Access Inaugural Pre-Capital Program Cohort

Feld Thoughts

Right now, these are philanthropic contributions to non-profit organizations or sponsorships for people going through some kind of program (non-profit and for-profit). My first of these commitments is to the Zane Access Inaugural Pre-Capital Program Cohort. She’s the co-founder of 1776 and now runs Builders and Backers.

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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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Transformify Partners with Laboratoria to Empower Young Women and Girls in Latin America

Transformify

A great number of women in Latin America are unemployed or not employed officially, due to various reasons. Also, according to the UNDP report the women of Latin America and the Caribbean work three times more at home (unpaid work) than men. It is especially difficult for women living in poor rural areas.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight on Latin and Central America

ReadWriteStart

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Latin and Central America. Entrepreneurs from Latin and Central America were given first priority to pitch their businesses at today's roundtable co-hosted by Innova Tiquicia and Startup Weekend Costa Rica. We have done that in 1M/1M.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

Successful founders have a laser-like focus and commitment; a keen understanding of customers’ needs; and a tenacious spirit, said the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Steve : … Team captain is a lot like the founder and CEO of a startup. So I started my PhD program.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Besides convenience and affordability, online programs often offer courses and instruction that might normally not be open to the general public. The Khan Academy is a recognized non-profit organization with donations from companies including Google, Bank of America, and AT&T. Best of all? ” Lynda.com. ” Safari.