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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

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Latino is the Next Big Break Out At this year’s recent Emmy awards Stephen Colbert rightly pointed out that there had been a marked increase in the number of successes by creators with diverse backgrounds and then proceeded to name several prominent African-American actors, directors and writers that were present. So is Herb a Genius?

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. We also provide laser-focused guidance to clients like a beam of light, so we wanted to include that element in the name. 1- We focused on strategy.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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And of course many of you know this is near and dear to me because my own father is from Medellín, Colombia so I grew up in a household with the music, food, culture and language of South America. This was a marked change from the previous leadership of YouTube.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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He grew up in Colombia, South America. You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. But the current company he’s created, which I won’t name – he just knows it’s not going to be a $1 billion company. That leadership trait is just not innate in everybody.

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Why Immigration and The Fourth of July are so Entwined

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The folklore is the my grandfather’s brother fought in for the Russian Army against the Germans and was imprisoned in a German prison where he became friendly with a prison guard named “Schuster,” who gave my great uncle his passport. My grandfather fled Romania where Jews were being killed by pogroms.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

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Girls in Tech London picked the top women in 19 countries – the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece and Israel – on the basis of their leadership and excellence in innovation and technology.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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They can either be texted by name (this is brilliant if you don’t want to give people your mobile number but want to text with them) or you can give them a number to text. My entire partnership took their leadership team to dinner. Sorry, moms. Oh, and while we’re at it we give them a free phone number. I can do that.