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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Today we present Olga Camargo as part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series. 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. Chicago’s 1871 Chicago’s Technology and IHCC’s LatinX Incubator Selection.

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. The free Niesh app has saved 30,000 NZ tertiary students over $1.2M

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Announcing our investment in Jam

Version One Ventures

For some more context on this, see the email I sent to Dani Grant and Mohd Irtefa , Jam’s co-founders, right before we invested. . Dani and Irtefa are two incredible examples of mission-driven founders. Jam’s mission has inspired a fantastic investor base to come together for their $3.5m seed round.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

In the Q&A, Bill Gordon introduced himself as one of the principals of the Stamford Innovation Center, an incubator being formed in Connecticut. This is an interesting trend we're seeing as we connect with incubators around the world. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

by Melvin Wong , founder of Kodorra. This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs.

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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I was happy to see some real actionable advice on this challenge in a new book, “ The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed ,” by Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of a leading growth incubator for global businesses. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

The New Zealand chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) wants to see local and central government politicians initiate policies to make entrepreneurship easier and more effective. Its mission is to connect entrepreneurs with the people and resources they need to thrive nationally and globally.