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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Olga has a great story as CEO and Founder of SHENIX , a Chicago-based fintech app company focused on financial education and advisory services for Latinas. Negocios Now named Olga among Chicago’s Most Influential 50 Latinos. Crain’s Chicago Business named Olga among “Chicago’s Most Powerful Latinos” in 2019.

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What Is Leadership?

YoungUpstarts

This past year I asked Don Faul to come and speak about Leadership and what he has learned in his career as a Special Forces marine, and senior executive at Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Athos. The following seeks to capture the essence of his conversation with this year’s Fellows: What is Leadership? Becoming a Great Leader.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?”

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How To Be A Great Leader

YoungUpstarts

Many people confuse leadership and management. Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating a change that you believe in. My thesaurus says the best synonym for leadership is management. The most successful companies (and leaders) make sure that there’s a balance of good leadership and good management.

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Making The Transition from Entrepreneur To Leader

YoungUpstarts

Many of his thoughts are reflected in the following article: In the tech world, many new entrepreneurs have never before held leadership positions. While leadership partly rests on personality, aptitude and drive, it also rests on ways of thinking and of skills that can be learned. Leadership vs. Authority.

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What Employer Branding Is And How To Build It For Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

James is the principal of Employer Brand Labs in Chicago and is a born employer branding nerd whose mission is to create a million employer brand thinkers. He's a principal of Employer Brand Labs in Chicago, is a born employer branding nerd whose mission is to create a million employer brand thinkers. This is John Jantsch.

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