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7 Leadership Lessons From Successful Immigrants

Startup Professionals Musings

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. In addition, I’ve always wondered why an inordinate number of successful businesses today were started by people born outside the U.S., Nordstrom (Sweden), and Pierre Omdiyar (France) at Ebay.

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

The Startup Magazine

With a 30-year history of leadership and innovation in marketing, entrepreneurship and technology, Michel’s vision is to solve problems and increase clients’ business success with the use of augmented reality. Michel researching South Africa. Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series.

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8 of the Best Executive Assistant Conferences in 2018

YoungUpstarts

The customized program nurtures leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills—and that’s just the short list. Executive Leadership Support Forum. Locations and Dates: Johannesburg, South Africa – February 16-17, 2018. FranklinCovey On Leadership World Tour. Conference Organizer: Q1 Productions.

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[Interview] Joseph A. Michelli, Author Of The Airbnb Way

YoungUpstarts

Michelli reveals the secrets and strategies that fueled Airbnb’s meteoric rise in his new book, “ The Airbnb Way: 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging “ As he shows, Airbnb’s founders harnessed the power of design thinking and a firm belief in providing exceptional customer experience.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Four decades later, and thanks to sound financial decisions and clear leadership, Disney is one of the most successful brands and companies in the world. The Fat Sheep project in South Africa's barren Karoo landscape is my favorite turnaround story. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- 13- My grandfather.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

He had made some structural mistakes in NextMedium that meant the Cap Table and leadership team was a bit wacky. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. So what gives? Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him? I saw too much of myself in Hamet.

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Best Practices for Nonprofit Civic Engagement

Board Effect

The term ‘community engagement’ is popular in Australia, South Africa, and Canada, while public involvement is the most common term in the United Kingdom. Student participants also have improved academic knowledge and better critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills.