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YouTube Co-Founder, Valencia Mayor on Investing in the Leaders of Tomorrow

The Startup Magazine

Speakers at the conference will include Youtube Co-Founder Steve Chen, Mayor of Valencia María José Català, Facebook Live Creator Randi Zuckerberg, and Prince of the Netherlands Constantijn van Oranje, among others. This week the organization, in the run-up to its conference on October 23-24, shared its agenda.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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The Rise of Conscious Capitalism: I’ve been involved with social entrepreneurship for years through my involvement with organizations such as Echoing Green and the Unreasonable Institute , and this is the year that I saw massive growth and interest in the sector from the mainstream. And Beyond….

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Rob Greene.

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Five College Startups That Help Others

YoungUpstarts

WaterDrop ( [link] com/ ) is a new line of sandals where every pair purchased helps fund the construction of wells in Africa. Founder Josh Weingart started WaterDrop Shop while enrolled at Illinois State University. Founder Jaijeet Kakkar is a college student at UC Riverside but co-founded Imprue while still in high school.

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

Antonio Fernandez , Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, FirstEnergy Service Co. Jeannie Cain , Senior Manager, Cloud Risk Management, Charles Schwab & Co., Matt Zimmerman , Director, Technology Risk & Resilience, Charles Schwab & Co., Julie Camus , Senior Vice President Of Internal Audit, AARP, Inc.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

My Mama, the founder of Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz, CA, didn’t allow a lack of college degrees or a business plan to deter her from launching her dream. Larry Page, Google co-founder.I I am co founder of GreenPal which has been described as Uber for lawn care. Thank you to Gene Caballero, Your Green Pal ! #9

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20 Essential TED Talks For Entrepreneurial Students

YoungUpstarts

With the green movement swelling in popularity, many opt to keep their ideas local and sustainable, and the incoming results proved absolutely spectacular. Euvin Naidoo on investing in Africa. Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex. Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money — and love. Alex Steffen sees a sustainable future.