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Finance Fridays

Feld Thoughts

Kevin McCaffrey left his job as a strategy consultant in the Chicago office of McKinsey & Company to found Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books, a nonprofit social enterprise that works with children around the world to develop children’s books that are marketed to raise funding and awareness for the authors’ communities.

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Today’s Tech Savvy Millennials Still Need A Helping Hand To Achieve Their Entrepreneurial Dreams

YoungUpstarts

It is imperative that the next generation of entrepreneurs understands the value of global trade, especially in creating more possibilities for their businesses and the local communities they support. Today’s modern businesses are following Industry 4.0 principles incorporating technologies that are innate to the millennial generation.

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Tired Of Your Job? Do Something Different With Escape The City

YoungUpstarts

Initially launched in London by Dom Jackson and Rob Symington (both 28), Escape the City is a community that connects corporate professionals with information, people, and opportunities to help them find exciting alternatives to their corporate jobs. More fun that watching icons on your computer screens squiggle, for sure.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

She had this crazy idea that someone who had actually worked on the site, might provide value and insight to the community that we couldn’t give ourselves. Well, Audree was right – from her first days as our Community Liaison, she has provided help, comfort, advice and expertise to both Creatives and Buyers on the site.

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Creating a movement

VC Cafe

To add more colour, I’ll draw examples from Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the tech community around endurance cycling challenges, to bring education to children in the developing world, in partnership with Room to Read. A community forms around a common goal. The community has the power to mobilise resources.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

Charity: water works with local NGO’s on the ground to deploy capital and resources to directly impact those in need in rural communities. The villagers are extremely hard working, possess an inspirational sense of community, and, despite lacking in what the western world defines as “wealth”, exude incredible grace and quiet dignity.

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26 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Word That Could Represent Them and Their Business in 2021

Hearpreneur

As a serial entrepreneur who runs multiple software companies from Cambodia, I know exactly what it feels like. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Dragos Badea, Yarooms ! If you could pick a word to represent you and your business in 2021, what word would you pick? Tell us in the comments below.