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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

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Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. 4Geeks Academy students gain real-world software development skills that traditional education left behind but are required to meet the demands of our digital economy.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

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The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. He was responsible for the construction of 11 thermonuclear power plants throughout Venezuela that created 12,000 jobs. They created a Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly €190,000 from 9,000 supporters. Growth came quickly, almost too fast.

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The Fog of War: Three Themes Crypto Investors Should Pay Attention To Now

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Yesterday, Infura, a cloud -based node network for Ethereum, cut off access for wallets in Venezuela and quickly reversed course blaming the outage in code that was implemented to comply with sanctions against Russia. The decentralization that is at the core of cryptocurrency has come into sharper focus over the past weeks.

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Crypto, Identity & the Need for Self-Sovereignty

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Last week I wrote about how geopolitics can impact demand for public blockchain cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. In Venezuela, where citizens have flocked to bitcoin in light of hyperinflation, the government countered by announcing a state-controlled cryptocurrency called the petro. The petro also does not trade on any exchanges.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. He was responsible for the construction of 11 thermonuclear power plants throughout Venezuela that created 12,000 jobs. They created a Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly €190,000 from 9,000 supporters. Growth came quickly, almost too fast.

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Flights to Safety

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Bitcoin was priced at a 12-15% premium on Indian exchanges vs US exchanges during that time given the increased demand. Similarly, in Venezuela, which has seen annual inflation of 4000%+, cryptocurrency serves as a safe haven. In order to protect themselves from such a move in the future, many people turned to the crypto market.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. — in a class so high in demand that I had to wait several quarters to take it? The unstable economy demands that you develop entrepreneurial skills. Mike & Aaron May, Pacific Issue ! #12) 12) We Wanted to Help.