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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

With over 20 years of experience in the language services industry, Elizabeth garnered national praise for her leadership and expertise in her field with awards such as Negocios Now’s Latinas in Business Award (2017). TSM: With a bit more detail, what does NAWBO do for its members from a benefits and amenities standpoint?

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

The founding of M-Pesa in 2007 inspired many young people to undertake entrepreneurial risks. Since then, his leadership of the Fund has allowed several African startups to access capital, mentorship and acceleration services. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. We look for leadership, collaboration, and innovation.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started SMR Leadership Solutions, LLC to help coach and train organizations and individuals to be the best they could possibly be in their personal and professional lives. Thanks to Stacy Roberts, SMR Leadership Solutions, LLC ! #8 I started my business in San Diego in 2007. Thanks to Melissa Smith, The PVA ! #7

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. Angel Investor Drupal founder PHP Revenue Growth SaaS Scalability startup startup CEO venture Cash Flow CEOing leadership scalability tom nora venture capital' Acquia, Inc.

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New Book by Professor Mannie Manhong Liu and Pascal Levensohn– Venture Capital: Theory and Practice, published by the University of International Business and Economics Press, Beijing

Pascal's View

Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. The industry built slowly until a few years into the new century. In 2006, China’s total venture capital investment reached $1.78 B, becoming number two globally, next to the US; the US venture capital investment was $25.6B

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Raising the Minimum Wage: Why it Matters to Small Business

crowdSPRING Blog

For much of the past 6 years, governments responded to the rise in unemployment by instituting austerity measures that did little to reduce the effects of the recession but, it can be argued, actually made the problem worst by magnifying the reduction in demand that led to a downward spiral. Small business news: the debt ceiling deal.