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From Haitian Roots to a Silicon Valley Address: How Bianca St.Louis Is Building Her Rep & a Career in Tech

Hunter Walker

” Did you always know you wanted to move to Silicon Valley and work in tech? My parents were immigrants from Haiti who didn’t grow up with access to computers in their homes and consistent electricity so there was only so much they could share with me about tech.

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Austin’s opportunity to change America’s entrepreneurial narrative

Austin Startup

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Like any entrepreneur, Jerry wanted to solve it. We need to intentionally do the same with people who have the potential to be entrepreneurs. As a result, inequality is at a 100-year high. RSVP here if you’d like to join.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 9: Jered Lawson and Chase Adam

Steve Blank

Passion powers entrepreneurs; tenacity pulls them through, and entrepreneurship can do good for the world explained todays guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Although driven by a passion for changing our relation with food, Jered didn’t start out thinking of himself as an entrepreneur.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries : It helped a lot of entrepreneurs, by the way. Ron Klain : Helped a lot of entrepreneurs. And when people hear the word startup, they think San Francisco or Silicon Valley, and they have a very stereotypical image in their mind. Eric Ries : because so many founders cannot get health insurance.