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Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups?

TechCrunch

Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. public exits per year; by 2019, even Iran had more listed companies than Brazil. Matheus Tavares Dos Santos. Contributor. Share on Twitter. In the past six years there were only 21 IPOs — an average of just 3.5

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BEYOND EXPO 2024 | Unlocking opportunities and embracing the unknown in the Middle East

TechNode

However, with Chinas rise and the success of its infrastructure development strategies like the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese entrepreneurs have found new confidence in doing business globally. However, he cautioned other entrepreneurs to be alert to global changes and avoid harboring outdated mindsets.

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The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

sgEngage

In addition, there is increased global awareness of women’s issues such as reproductive rights in the U.S., the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran.

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5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running

The Verge

Since the UK entered lockdown in March, engineers like Qureshi had unwillingly found themselves on the front line of a strange global crusade. Any point he brought up would be shot down by the woman’s self-fulfilling rationalization that Qureshi was part of a global conspiracy. His job felt undeniably essential.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

History reminds us that paradigm shifts of this nature are not accepted by simply telling the facts. A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. Mission : To do this a new ‘Way-Out” story of self help, of community power and of networks has to become accepted as THE story. . This is a Paradigm Shift.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. It's a Microsoft-funded report by Christine Egger on the history of nonprofit technology assistance providers (NTAPs) like TechSoup, 501cTech , Idealware , Network for Good , NPower , NTEN , and Tech Impact.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.