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[Competition] Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards

YoungUpstarts

Hosted online at Ashoka Changemakers - a community that connects social entrepreneurs around the globe to share ideas, inspire, and mentor each other – application for the competition is now open and will close midnight 1 August 2014.

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An Entrepreneur – Not Just a Man (and Woman) with a Plan

Growthink Blog

"An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. First, the “obvious” entrepreneurs: Individuals STARTING New Companies. Take Peru, where over the past 25 years more than 1.5 In the U.S.

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Startups Seeking Sherpas

Genuine VC

The second was a trip where we hiked the “ Inca Trail ” in Peru to Machu Picchu. While accessible mentors should and do play an invaluable position, I think it’s helpful for entrepreneurs to also seek and individuals who can play a sherpa role.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English). Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market.

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Who Is and Who ISN’T an Entrepreneur

Growthink Blog

At my company Growthink, our mission is " to help entrepreneurs succeed worldwide.” When I share this with folks, they often come back to me with "Who are these entrepreneurs that you help succeed?" So who is and who isn't an entrepreneur? First, the "obvious" entrepreneurs: Individuals STARTING New Companies. In the U.S.

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Founder Interview: Michel Ruiz on Augmented Reality and Building the KaviAR Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

Michel researching South Africa.

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

Conservative Party known as the “Big Society” has been launched and aims to empower local community entrepreneurs. NESsT was co-founded by an American and a Chilean in 1997 and is currently a registered charity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, the U.K. and the U.S. Comments comments Powered by Facebook Comments.

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