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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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (video clip), 33, launched a shoe company called soleRebels (www.solerebelsfootwear.co) out of Africa. This is no ordinary tale.
“I kept hearing over and over the phrase ‘poverty alleviation,”’ said Ms. Tilahun,
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The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (Matrade) wants to produce 200 new women exporters via the Women Exporters Development Programme (WEDP) by 2015.
We will produce 24 export-driven women entrepreneurs a year and we aim to achieve our target by 2015,”
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Christopher Schroeder at PandoDaily will be sharing his stories over the next two weeks (don’t miss them) on the changing Middle East and it involves rockin’ women entrepreneurs.
They are running platforms for Arabic translation out of Beirut,
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Posted by: Laurel Delaney
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We all know that Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund is no ordinary soul. Through her company she has changed the way the world tackles poverty.
Below she shares her top five secrets comprising of connectivity,
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Ella Peinovich (pictured lower right) is one of the three founders of Kenyan-based SasaAfrica, a women owned and operated social enterprise — offering an innovative e-commerce platform for female artisans, vendors and entrepreneurs in Africa to create sustainable micro-enterprises using mobile phones.
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Firms doing business in multilingual societies need to decide what languages to use for communications, product packaging and advertising. Rule of thumb: Go for the simplest of words, express one idea in each sentence and avoid culture-specific references (e.g., he sings like Frank Sinatra).
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