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Things To Expect As A Woman Founder When Starting A Tech-Based Company

YoungUpstarts

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. I pitched to 86 investors before getting the green signal from only 5 of them. A study shows that female founders fear that they are less capable of running a business than men, and therefore, fear that they will lapse into chaos. Dealing With The Fear of Failure.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

“Staple green cards to the diplomas of foreign students who graduate from any U.S. I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). TWTFelipe moved to Montreal, Canada. But I have some.

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Swedish Start-Up to Fight China’s Polluted Air – But The Movement Is Nation-Wide

YoungUpstarts

Being born and raised in a country where recycling and sustainability are at the core of the society, Johannes Herrmann, the co-founder at Airinum , knows exactly how valuable fresh and breathable air is. We think of it as a free commodity, but countries like India and China prove us wrong day after day. The result?

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20 Floralux is what makes our Restore Gel green. I was mostly just doing.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

I learned that NEWAH was dealing with some bureaucratic red tape (read: government corruption), and that they were having issues getting projects approved. Right: Umesh, Founder of NEWAH. The Journey Nepal is a landlocked South Asian country that shares a border with China and Tibet to the north and India on all other sides.

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20 Essential TED Talks For Entrepreneurial Students

YoungUpstarts

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. Anil Gupta: India’s hidden hotbeds of invention. Try a few of these for starters! Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on aid versus trade.