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[Interview] Christopher Kape, Vancouver Executive, President of JAMCO Capital Partners

YoungUpstarts

He has gone on several service trips with his children, including a trip to rural Uganda with The Walking School Bus, and one to rural India with ME to WE. I’m also quite proud to say that, although I have no relationship with the business today, it still exists and is one of the market leaders in the online dating space.

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[Sponsored] Clearbell’s Success Another Vindication Of Manish Chande’s Eye For A Good Deal

YoungUpstarts

Chande, whose family was expelled from Uganda by notorious dictator Idi Amin, has been a member of the board of the prestigious Land Securities, and was the CEO of Trillium, which broke new ground in the management of sale and lease-back property. 40% of their portfolio is office properties, with 19% industrial buildings.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

You’d be forgiven for thinking that because the African market is not saturated with startups that means it’s easy for entrepreneurs to create explosive growth with little forward planning. In Uganda and Zambia it’s as low as 15% saying it would stop them starting a business , whereas in the US this figure stands at 34%.

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Raven + Lily: Empowering Women Through Design

Hunter Walker

They were learning to sew and make jewelry, but they lacked market access and design input. I had just moved back to the US from living in Uganda working with an artisan group, and was thrilled to find a brand here in Austin that so perfectly aligned with the kind of work I wanted to continue doing. So Raven + Lily was born.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back with Branding for Global Sanitation Non-Profit gather

crowdSPRING Blog

The idea was that if branding and marketing matter, and these organizations are doing good work, we wanted to contribute in the best way we could. Thus, the Give Back program was born. And we’re thrilled to announce that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is to brand UK non-profit gather.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back with Branding for Global Sanitation Non-Profit gather

crowdSPRING Blog

The idea was that if branding and marketing matter, and these organizations are doing good work, we wanted to contribute in the best way we could. Thus, the Give Back program was born. And we’re thrilled to announce that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is to brand UK non-profit gather.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back with Branding for Global Sanitation Non-Profit gather

crowdSPRING Blog

The idea was that if branding and marketing matter, and these organizations are doing good work, we wanted to contribute in the best way we could. Thus, the Give Back program was born. And we’re thrilled to announce that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is to brand UK non-profit gather.