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Top 15 ESG Startups to Watch in 2024

The Startup Magazine

Kilimo: AI-powered water efficiency in agriculture It is estimated that between 50% and 70% of the water extracted in Latin America and the Caribbean is wasted due to evaporation, leaks and other reasons. Their innovative EcoStruxureTM software automates this process, optimizing energy use and reducing CO2 emissions.

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10 Higher Education Trends To Watch For In 2019

YoungUpstarts

by Danny Iny, author of “ Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners, and Experts with Something to Teach “ The way America prepares its young people for the workforce is shifting. Once the education bubble bursts, America’s current higher education path will change dramatically.

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What Are the Risks of Using Personal Email for Board Business?

Board Effect

According to Forrester Consulting’s April 2018 study, commissioned by Diligent Corporation , 56% of board members continue to use their personal email addresses rather than business-regulated email accounts to communicate with their peers, executives, and others that are within or in relation to the company. Preparation and Prevention.

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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

A self-professed digital nomad and the founder of a software startup that provides order, purchase and inventory management, Benjamin has found an enviable match for his wanderlust with a business that allows him to work online, anywhere and anytime. His software is used by over 1,000 users in 40 countries spread over 5 continents.

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The unfortunate math behind consulting companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Maybe hire an employee for $30 per hour and re-bill them at $60. Suppose you hire an employee at $60,000/year. In America we have ten federal holidays bringing the annual WD count to 240. We also have employment tax in America. Oh sure, founders work 60-80-hour weeks, but not employees. Easy money, right?

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24 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industries That Are Ripe For Disruption

Hearpreneur

The residential real estate market is ripe for disruption because as millennials enter the home buying market (now they are 30% of all homebuyers in America) they are looking for online tools and apps that will empower them with information and tools to help them manage this extremely stressful, overwhelming, and expensive process.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.