Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Blake Mycoskie, TOMS shoes founder, set a goal of donating a pair to the needy for every pair sold, and maintains team commitment by providing international trips to assist partners in distributing shoes in interesting places, including Nepal and Honduras. Encourage your team to make decisions and take action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

Toms shoes donates a pair for every one sold, and maintains employee passion and loyalty by giving their most effective employees international trips to assist non-profit partners in distributing shoes in interesting places like Nepal and Honduras. Appeal to all your customer senses all of the time.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2020

While there are numerous challenges that come with starting a company ranging from raising capital, spreading the word about a new idea, and finding potential partners, all of these challenges are more difficult for someone who comes to this country as an immigrant entrepreneur. To do that, he gives back to the community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Thanks to Balaram Thapa, Nepal Hiking Team ! #7- That’s when I met my business partner Broc, an aquarium expert. I am driven by a deep desire to help others experience many countries' incredible beauty and rich cultural heritage so they can come away from their travels with lasting memories and newfound inspiration.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2015

Now that I actually am a VC (I’ve joined Google Ventures as General Partner last summer), reading this post brings a smile to my face ;). We raised over $200,000 so far for Room to Read, helping build 4 schools, 8 libraries and fund 3,000 scholarships for girls to attend school in Nepal, India and Cambodia.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 22, 2020

Over the past two decades of being in business, we have devised their goal: to work with clients equally passionate about positively impacting the built environment—partnering with people who provide the highest levels of design, construction and presentation. Here in Nepal, we have 8 tallest peaks among the 14 in the world.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The first thing is to make sure we are finding the right partner. It can be difficult to find the right partner in all these different countries, so that plays a part in how we choose the countries. Walk me through how you source these projects and how you see these dollars making a meaningful impact.

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