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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Poland to Argentina

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During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. In addition, we had attendees from many other parts of the world. Home Swappers Club. Discuss.

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Why The Best Young Entrepreneurs Are Purpose-Driven

YoungUpstarts

Empathy, in turn, is the engine of human problem discovery and solving. Or TOMS shoe company founder Blake Mycoskie, who, on a trip to Argentina in 2006 met a woman in a café who was volunteering for a shoe drive. Because purpose asks the questions: Of what use are you to the world? What is your reason for existence?

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

I had some limited knowledge about search engine marketing, but knew nothing about marketing in a more general sense. Six months before starting our business, my wife and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with no solid plans, no place to live, and no jobs. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

” “The engine for job creation and technology leadership begins and ends with investment in the entrepreneurial community,” adds Shaherose Charania, CEO and co-founder, Women 2.0. “Female founders are a driving force for the creation and usage of technologies that generate jobs.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Let me summarize some of the highlights of the discussion. You can listen to the rest in the recording.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

So we decided to create our own JASP tag to define that new generation of engineers and entrepreneurs aiming to transform the world. That tag is YEEPLY, which stands for ‘Young Engineers Extremely Prepared Like You’ Thanks to Fernando Ballester, Yeeply ! #4- 4- From a nickname. Photo Credit: Shane McCarthy.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

We moved onto a video call whilst watching the same thing, me in Argentina and my dad in London. We have been also working with our engineering team since SayYeah in 2015. Then, when I was running MTV in Latin America but my parents were in London, it was the Volleyball World Championship Final, Poland vs Brazil.

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