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How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

I leaned about the meaning of being able to rely on those on my team – and have them rely on me.” Lyndsey Bunting, now director of financial planning and analysis at Birchbox, spent three years at an investment bank, then left to serve in the Peace Corps in the mountains of Panama.

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean. The real estate and tourism in Panama were booming. They make all the difference in the world.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it. There was also that gutsy couple of years I decided to sail to Panama.) Every quarter we set goals that broke down into weekly KPIs to evaluate to make sure we were moving forward. Step on the scale.