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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

His every move and misstep dissected and castigated by the same media and investors who sang his praises when things were going well, one can only guess at the anguish, shame and embarrassment that led the young entrepreneur into – what appeared to me as an uninformed observer – self imposed exile, in Kenya.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. Her work has been commended in leading industry publications and gives her unique strategic insights into the global healthcare ecosystem.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry. So from my perspective, I actually think if you build a for-profit company the right way, with the right governance and the right DNA and the right structure, you can actually have an outsized impact on systems.