Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2010
The BP oil spill in the Gulf, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in pollution control, just-in-time manufacturing, and building materials. The impact of global instability. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 15, 2019
In July 2015, I wrote about New Story asking readers to crowdfund one $6k house for a family in Haiti. In the past four years, New Story has funded over 2,200 homes, building 17 communities for over 11,000 people across Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia. They have now come up with a unique model for scaling their impact.
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This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
OVA has arranged screening events around the world. The conference is free and open to the public.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Yet I’m excited about the intentional ways that Austin is trying to solve for the problem. 0 for 3 When I think about the problem of diversity in entrepreneurship, I like to tell the story of Jerry Nemorin.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 17, 2015
Vendedy is the first mobile network connecting global travelers to street vendors of the developing world. Launched from Haiti and scaled across Latin America- the social enterprise aims to digitize the $10trillion street vending industry and leverage tourism to alleviate 2 billion people out of poverty.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
GMR stands for “Global Marketing Resources.” ” I chose this because I serve marketing clients globally and provide a variety of digital marketing resources to help them get a measurable return on investment. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, I went to Haiti as part of a relief team.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 4, 2016
I tell people I’m interviewing that we’re a place where you can make a global difference by impacting the world’s most significant issues: energy, water, war, poverty. For me, the best part of running a business, especially a global one, is the sheer breadth of activities and decisions that make up any given day or week.
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