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In the heart of the Panamanian jungle, a startup village grows

The Next Web

At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. Event partners included Patagonia, Kammok and Tactivate. Hotsko and two of Panama’s most celebrated artists, Thomson Moore and Anne Dillon.

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How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

One of the key leadership skills of a guide is the ability to identify and build on a client’s strengths, and to provide space for growth and development, even in the most challenging of conditions. If we build leadership in others, we develop a stronger line and an overall stronger organization.”. Third, guides empower others.

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

Even though I learned a huge amount on marketing, leadership and business development, the whole thing was slowly eating me from inside. I had a degree in Information Technology, had worked as a web developer, tech support guy, account manager, sales person and a marketer. Know your talents, develop a skill people value.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. Thank you Ifundwomen supporters !)

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

How did you develop this look? Then, also, I have spent a lot of my professional life in branding and package design, where a “logo&# is just one piece of a larger picture, and the development of a brand over many media and platforms holds huge appeal for me. And then there is: 2) Memory development. that I like.