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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Of course, the hiring needs vary a lot and are dependent on the business model, but a skills gap analysis reveals that more product managers, programmers, and sales and marketing experts will be needed in the near future. Just like its neighbours, Ghana is a predominantly agricultural country dependant on the cocoa production.

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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

This was my time at a Wall Street firm that had hired me after I applied for their Junior Stockbroker position, a little while after I graduated from college. I wanted a Ghanaian delicacy that I had grown up on ( I was born in Ghana), and that meant getting up and going to the only African shop in the city. I didn’t feel like it?—?getting

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11 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business

Hearpreneur

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. I believe MyCorporation is on the right track for this growth and I’m excited to keep hiring new talent to come join our incredible team! Photo Credit: Deborah Sweeney.

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NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

Now that I’m back full time in NYC, I decided to run for the Board of NY Tech Meetup, a dynamic community of 20,000 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers and people interested in tech. Third, we want to make sure that our tech community is inclusive to all. the list goes on and on.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We put together a solid business plan, worked through our competitive advantages, hired the vendors we needed. It has taken an extraordinary amount of effort and I have had to hire a lot of great people along the way, but it feels good to know that we have created something that we can say is the best in its class. So, that’s it!