YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

With more than one-third of the world’s population unbanked and more and more people using mobile phones, there is an outstanding opportunity for mobile payment technology to bring the financially omitted into the economic majority. Mobile payment technology removes the need for direct access to a bank or credit union.

India 100

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. Governments supportive of technology. We wanted to share some other trends we observed; Countries have startups that play to their strengths. Many female entrepreneurs.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. He founded eBay to empower individuals through the use of new technology, and has created livelihoods for millions of individuals throughout the world. I wrote my applications to college, or rather typed them on a typewriter with a bottle of WhiteOut close by.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company. It's different networks mixing with each other and talking a lot. billion people?

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114