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UBITS snags $25M to create ‘the Netflix for corporate training’ in LatAm

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The startup also partners with “top local experts” to offer micro courses and live classes. Over the years, UBITS has expanded to Mexico and Peru and, in fact, it now has dual headquarters in Mexico, where its two co-founders now live. Companies can then monitor and analyze KPIs and customize their employees’ learning journey.

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From bootstrapped to a $417M valuation, Chile’s Buk raises $50M for its HR management platform

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Buk says it also offers a “friendly” programming language that has many facilities “to quickly develop functionalities.” In September alone, Buk says it grew 7% in Chile, 20% in Colombia, and 23% in Peru month-over-month. . Image Credits: Buk. Buk also has a social good component. Today, the tool is used by 4,000 SMEs.

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Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Research community engagement

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This can be accomplished through building local and global connections with multidisciplinary experts and impacted communities. We continued to grow open source datasets in 2022, for example, in natural language processing and vision, and expanded our global index of available datasets in Google Dataset Search.

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Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. The women are from all over the world and each faces various challenges like language barriers, cultural differences, being a single parent, and more, yet they continue preserve toward their dreams.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

The startup says it will also continue to grow its local presence and team in EMEA. QED Investors said it has expanded its mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction among entrepreneurs to its Spanish-language portfolio companies.

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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

Have Fun - Do Good

That can mean, for example, language; it can mean architecture; it can mean food; it can mean artisan work, or artistic work. For example, I'd seen potters in Peru whose tradition was to make clay water jars for their community. So, in that case, they're overwhelming local markets with American product.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. They can volunteer locally, or from anywhere.