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Posted by: Laurel Delaney
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The Coca-Cola Company has a big goal:
To enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across our global value chain by 2020.
Learn more about The Coca-Cola Company: 5by20 and how they are helping women succeed in the global marketplace.
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Leila Janah (pictured) is Founder and CEO of Samasource. Prior to Samasource:
Janah was a a Visiting Scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University’s Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.
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According to “India is Great For Women Entrepreneurs, Bad For Women. How Is This Possible?,” Amit Midha, Dell’s Chairman For Global Emerging Markets says:
“We have found the ideal country for a woman starting a business in 2012 could well be India.”
How can this be?
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To do well as a woman professionally, it might be prudent to situate yourself in a country that treats you well and supports your ambitions.
Earlier in the year, Forbes released its list of the ten best countries for women (not necessarily for women starting a business).
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Goods 4 Good, run by Melissa Kushner (Founder and Executive Director – pictured above), empowers communities to support orphans and other children in need by supplying materials that meet the immediate needs of these children while partnering with local community centers to strengthen their skills and build businesses for sustained impact.
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Joshua Pompey (his site is here) shares three things he learned from running his own company. Here’s one.
1. Be extremely weary of hiring overseas help.
If there is one mistake I wish more than anything I could take back,
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I am getting ready to attend the 5th edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum in Lyon, France where thought-leaders from around the world (200 participants from 59 countries) gather to discuss this year’s theme: entrepreneurial ecosystems.
It is well recognized that entrepreneurs cannot succeed in a vacuum.
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