Spotlight on Brasil In our first feature we head to Brasil, the power house of Latin America. It is the largest country in South America, bordering every country on the continent with the exceptions of Chile and Ecuador. It is the fifth largest country in the world by size and the sixth most populous country. […]
Series 9: Education + Adoption- Blockchain in Africa Episode 185 Investing in Blockchain: Educating with Business Cases featuring Kenyan Economists Roselyne Wanjiru
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Get to Know Roselyne Roselyne’s Business Experience Learn About Pesabase and What Roselyne Does There Beyond Crypto: Other Tools for Investing A Focus on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO) Traditional Finance (CeFi) vs Decentralised Finance (DeFi) Understand Governance Protocols The Role of Trust Risk and Blockchain Technology The Role of Education in Advising and […]
Series 8: Exploring the Puerto Rico Startup Ecosystem Episode 177: Meet Jahannie Torres-Rodriguez, the Engineer & Entrepreneur Creating Tech with Purpose
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Get to Know Jahannie: Focussed Driven University Experience & Discovering Computer Engineering Passions for Education, Technology & Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship as a Means to Make Changes Being a University Innovation Fellow at Stanford University The Gender Lens & Imposter Syndrome in the Engineering Field Entrepreneurship Skills as 21st Century Skills Language to Bridge the […]
Series 8: Exploring the Puerto Rico Startup Ecosystem Episode 176: Erica Reyes, Founder of Puerto Rico’s First School of Coffee and Barristas
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Growing Up on a coffee plantation as the daughter of coffee growers. The Coffee Culture in Puerto Rico Maintaining the Essence of Coffee in the Shop The School of Coffee and Baristas of Puerto Rico The Challenges of Running a Coffee Business Coffee Traveling Around the Globe Being the First Spanish Speaking Barrista […]
Series 8: Exploring the Puerto Rico Startup Ecosystem Episode 172 Investing in Yourself to Add Value to Your Business with Perla Sofia Curbelo
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Get to Know Perla A Love for Agriculture The Beginnings of AgroChic Plants for Shifting the Environment The Floral Industry in Puerto Rico Learning Horticultural Therapy Pursuing Certification in Horticulture Exploring the Biophilia Theory The Business of Investing in Yourself: 5 Lessons Learned The Uniqueness of the Puerto Rican Entrepreneur
Series 8: Exploring the Puerto Rico Startup Ecosystem Episode 171 Building an App for Book Lovers with Lincy Ayala, CEO & CoFounder of BookSloth
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Get to Know the Lincy & Xiomara How It All Began: Sharing a Passion for Books Get to Know the Team The Problem BookSloth is Solving Understand Their Target Audience User Journey of the App Creating Communities for Readers The Process of Building an App Marketing an App Business Model for an App […]