Young Entrepreneur with a passion for fashion

Mariette Dine, ‘M.eco fabrics’ By CEO Yolanda Shields It was a great pleasure to work with this gifted entrepreneur in 2019 through the Tony Elumelu Foundation program. The 28-year-old refers to herself as “a very versatile person.” She has completed […]

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Impacting Africa with Entrepreneurship

Yolanda Shields, founder, and CEO of YES Builds Coaching & Consulting is a global business advisor, strategist and best-selling author who has over 20 years of experience as a business leader. Based in the United States, she has a burning drive from […]

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Yesbuilds Top Small Business Tools 2018

  Fiverr is our jack-of-all-trades tool. Need a cartoon to go with your article? A logo for your website? A professional voiceover? Fiverr has it, and more. It is a freelance service website and offers a huge variety of tools […]

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Funding For Women In Business

@nodat_nashville Needs Your Support‼️ they are trying to reach 600 people who will back their crowdfunding campaign and pledge $50 to help them reach their funding goal. LINK TO GIVE DOWNLOAD THE APP They are raising funds to continue developing their […]

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BE BRAVE AND KEEP WINNING

WINNING IN BUSINESS  Focus on solving one problem Entrepreneurship is about finding solutions to problems. What problem are you solving? Engage your main target customers It’s not just about building your own personal brands or trying to make a name […]

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8 Entrepreneurs Who Failed Before Gaining Success

Failure is not Final Sometimes we believe that we are the only one that has had failures. Many successful entrepreneurs used their failures to move them forward. If we can see failures as lessons we can learn and move forward. […]

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Every Young Person Needs an Entrepreneurial Mindset, Now

“This is true in the United States of America, Africa and around the world”. Yolanda Shields We live in a moment of great opportunity, where information is more widely available across the globe than ever before and advances in technology […]

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Top 50 Cities For Their Friendliness Towards Female Entrepreneurs

  New York, San Francisco, London, Boston, and Stockholm are the top five cities best able to attract and foster the growth of female-owned firms, according to the Dell study. Los Angeles came in 6th, followed by Washington DC, Singapore, […]

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New Research on Millennial Entrepreneurship

Thumbtack surveyed 4,000 small business owners between the ages of 18 and 35 across the U.S. and found Millennials are leaving traditional jobs and utilizing technology to start their own business, pursue professional passions and to find personal fulfillment. This […]

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2018 State of Entrepreneurship

  Kauffman Foundation State of Entrepreneurship Too many are left out of our economy. The long-term decline in entrepreneurship has dragged down productivity, wages and living standards for all Americans. Put simply—fewer startups mean a lower quality of life. We […]

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