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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. in Technology Commercialization program, the #5 entrepreneurship masters in the U.S.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

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. Michael leads the Social Innovation team, which works with programs and grants. • are all working together. We’re not issue – specific.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. How can we optimize for global distribution. You need to produce your own content so you are in control globally. Now Netflix offers video streaming in 41 countries around the world.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl !

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

In addition, the University of Oxford boasts that the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship is the leading global entity for the advancement of social entrepreneurship. Read more about Ashoka’s approach to supporting global social entrepreneurship here. Back in the U.S., The first Ashoka Fellows were elected in 1981 in India.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

When I was in high school, a classmate and I started a peer mentoring program for our middle school which has grown and flourished. Yes I was gifted with talents but so are EACH of us, including the millions, billions of others who were just unlucky to be born in different circumstances. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Fighting an Asymmetrical Cyber War– Why We Need to Take A Different Approach

Pascal's View

.” While they do not mention it explicitly, the authors clearly are calling attention to the flawed logic behind the United States’ Trusted Foundry program, which is based on the assumption that only IC’s fabricated on U.S. With 17% or less of the global semiconductor fabrication infrastructure physically in the U.S.,