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The Accomplishments of Entrepreneur, Justin Halladay

The Startup Magazine

In the end, Halladay gathered so much knowledge, education and experience on his own that he outperformed college graduates later on in the technology space. ” Because she is from Guatemala, one of the organizations with whom we are collaborating is a Guatemalan orphanage. They’re doing some meaningful work there.”

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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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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

crowdSPRING Blog

Happy Cog is a studio founded by web pioneer Jeffrey Zeldman, whose influence helped drive forward web technology and standards in the early 00s. Locations: Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Santa Domingo, Guaynabo, Guatemala City, London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Manila, Jakarta, Sydney, Johannesburg.

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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. In our technologically advanced society, inundated by talking smart phones, wifi-enabled tablets, encrypted teleconferencing and 24/7 cloud access, it’s easy to delude oneself into thinking we are always in touch, always in control.

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10 Recent Neuromarketing Research Studies (and Their Real-World Takeaways)

ConversionXL

Failure to CAPTCHA Attention: Null Results from an Honesty Priming Experiment in Guatemala”. Stewart Kettle and his four co-authors (in addition to earning “Academic Article Title ‘Pun of the Year’”) tried to see if CAPTCHA messaging could improve tax collection in Guatemala. websites through eye-tracking technology”.

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

Austin Startup

However, from the developer’s perspective, using semantic web technologies enabled a new type of publishing platform including easy data integration, inferencing , etc. Nevertheless, there is still a huge gap in understanding and adoption between semantic web technologies and the general web audience (my mom and developers).

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Technology advancements mean that we are even more connected and it’s much harder to shut off since you can’t just leave your work at the office. Today they are all their own success stories: Chef, Coding Engineer and Peace Corps Heatlhcare Educator in Guatemala. Thanks to Kevin Heaton, i3, LLC ! #9- 9- Digital detox.