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Volunteering in Guatemala

David Cohen

The poverty rate in Guatemala is around 55%, so I decided to take Rollie to El Remete, Guatemala. Day 0 – Travel to Guatemala City before our next day connection Today was a travel day. We arrived in Guatemala City at 7pm, and got through customs and immigration fairly quickly. But I thought I’d share it all.

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Supporting Guatemala Honey Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurial Mind

My colleague here at Belmont University, Jose Gonzalez, has been working with a group of students to assist honey farmers in Guatemala. They all spent time in Guatemala over part of the Christmas break and are now back working on plans to help these farmers. Please go to the website and give our students your vote.

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Startups from Around the World at SXSW

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News There were startups from Guatemala and Germany, Malaga, Spain, France, Australia, Russia, Denmark, Sweden and more at the invitation-only SXSW Global Startup Forum at City Hall.

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6 Forward-thinking Businesses That Are Making the World a Better Place

Up and Running

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

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Dreams of Growth and Expansion

Up and Running

And for coffee distribution, you’ll have to press elbows with Starbucks in Guatemala. All markets are global. If you decide to produce toilets, sinks and showers, you’ll have to go to Japan. The textile factories are in Buenos Aires. So you’ll have to leave the comfort of your CEO control booth to travel afar.

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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

The Semantic Web enables a web of data, which makes the web appear as a giant global database. The small country of Guatemala is contributing positively to the advent of web 3.0? The web that we are all used to is a web of documents where we search for things inside of documents. and Human Computation: Ancient Mayan Legacy.

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Mike Swigunski, Global Career ! #10- Today they are all their own success stories: Chef, Coding Engineer and Peace Corps Heatlhcare Educator in Guatemala. Find and do something you love and dedicate adequate time to it (yoga, surfing, running, etc). 10- Being on a set schedule. Photo Credit: Sheena Newman.