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Turning Trash into Treasures: The Startup Rockstars and Origin Tale of SXSW

SiliconHills

The founders of SXSW got the idea for the event from New Music Seminar or NMS, a New York-based music festival in the mid-80s. NMS always featured many Austin-based bands, said Hugh Forrest, Co-President and Chief Programming Officer of SXSW.

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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

We’ve impacted 3,000 lives through our work, provided virtual financial education, advocated for our community within the financial industry, and helped to lead financial seminars at national Latino conferences. 6, however, we were able to do a pre-launch from New York City’s Rockefeller Center, thanks to NBCUniversal Telemundo.

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Female Founder and Author Interview: Minué Yoshida

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , today we present Minué Yoshida, owner of the New York-based Yoshida Academy which offers courses to help clients in mastering public speaking and leadership skills and diversity, equity and inclusion consulting. I’ve been in so many conferences, seminars, etc.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share How They Continue to Learn and Sharpen The Saw

Hearpreneur

Their inspiration can fuel your advancement to new heights. Thanks to Rocco Del Greco, The New York Group ! #5- To achieve this, one must cultivate a mindset of curiosity and open-mindedness, always seeking out new knowledge and experiences. Thanks to Lucia Zelesco, Zelesco Consulting ! #10-

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their #1 Goal for 2022

Hearpreneur

We are successfully dominating the core markets within the Dubai Real Estate arena and our recent growth into New York, Los Angeles, and Miami is proving to be extremely successful. We want to induce group and personal development seminars and workshops.

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Rise of the ‘Edupunk’ Spells Opportunity For Entrepreneurs

Campus Entrepreneurship

The seriousness of the budget realities, however, did not go unnoticed by Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of the City University of New York. Speaking like a man under the Sword of Damocles, Goldstein suggested state deficits in New York and elsewhere were the “next bubble.”. sounds cool, wonder what students think).

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What are the biggest global events for Venture Capitalists and Business Angels where they can learn about their own business?

Gust

The first day is full of optional educational seminars from The Power of Angel Investing series, developed by the Angel Resource Institute. There are break out seminars on educational topics, and lots of networking. Gust News Invested Interests angel investors Angels business conferences global events seminars VCs'