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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with brilliant people around the world –while speaking, emailing or via my blog. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with brilliant people around the world –while speaking, emailing or via my blog. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.

Burma 40
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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with brilliant people around the world –while speaking, emailing or via my blog. Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.

Burma 40
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Here’s to You, Women in Business

Up and Running

And there certainly have been wins: Rwanda, a country so recently torn apart by war and genocide, is now stable and comprised of a parliament in which 63.8% The post Here’s to You, Women in Business appeared first on Bplans Blog. of its members are female. Madhavi Jagdish of Simple Bra is doing just that.

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9/11: Bravery, Luck, & Resilience

thebarefootvc

The picture I posted with this blog post is one I took at the 9/11 Museum – a mosaic of people’s remembrance of the color of the sky that day. Today I walked over to the firehouse near my office, Ladder 20, on Lafayette Street. Like many of us living in NYC, I have very personal stories of 9/11.

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9/11: Bravery, Luck, & Resilience

thebarefootvc

The picture I posted with this blog post is one I took at the 9/11 Museum – a mosaic of people’s remembrance of the color of the sky that day. Today I walked over to the firehouse near my office, Ladder 20, on Lafayette Street. Like many of us living in NYC, I have very personal stories of 9/11.

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The Best Economy In History

Growthink Blog

back up the board where it is lagging in the World Bank ease of doing business rankings - #17 in starting a business (behind countries including Belarus, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia!), #62 in paying taxes, and #20 in international trade. From a regulation standpoint, let’s get the U.S.