All posts by Vas Taras
Amy Ridgway
USA Funds raised: $0 My name is Amy Ridgway and I am an M.B.A. candidate at Florida Gulf Coast University in the United States. I recently graduated from FGCU this May with a Bachelor’s of Science in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. I greatly enjoy creating solutions for difficult business problems, and…
Tshepho Keitumetse
Botswana Funds raised: $1 Tshepho is currently a 3rd year undergraduate Public Administration student at the University of Botswana. Prior to this, she was a 2006 UNICEF Fellow in Gaborone, where she was orientated on tolerance and inter-cultural operation. Mmabaledi also has a first-hand experience in leadership position. Her leadership skills traces back…
Tetiana Storyk
Ukraine Funds raised: $1 My name is Tetiana Skoryk. I am a 23 year old Ukrainian girl from a small town but with great ambitions and goals. I got my bachelor’s degree in international management in Ukraine and thanks to my burning desire and diligence, I was awarded by Erasmus Mundus scholarship that…
Karina Sirayeva
Kazakhstan Funds raised: $0 My name is Karina Sirayeva. I am 23 years old. I am from Kazakhstan, developing country in Central Asia. This summer I graduated KIMEP University with double major in accounting and finance. Currently I am looking for a job. During my studies I showed high performance and as the result…
How they spend their money
How do people in different countries spend their money? U.S.: over 20% of income on healthcare (and it is not helping much), but only 7% on food and transportation. E.U.: much more than others on restaurants, but very little on education (free or cheap there) Japan: much more than others on housing. Russia: more than 30% of…
Maria Feola
Italy Funds raised: $0 My name is Maria Feola, I’m 23. I live in a small town 1 hour away from Milan, in the northern part of Italy. I am studying Foreign Languages and Communication at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. I am a very determined person, I won’t stop…
Tim van der Meijde
the Netherlands Funds raised: $0 My name is Tim van der Meijde, 25 years old. I’m from a small place called Utrecht (45 minutes away from Amsterdam), located in the Netherlands. I consider myself a hard-working, dedicated and full of potential to pursue my dreams. I’m a International Communication & Media Honor-graduate in my…
Caffè Vergnano
Caffè Vergnano Giovanni Chiappano Export Area Manager Coffee Shop 1882 Italy
Pushpendra Chaturvedi
India Funds raised: $0 I am an Indian national studying Master of Applied Computer Science (specialization: Business Economics) degree course in University of Göttingen, Germany. My career objective is to establish a multi-national E-Commerce/IT firm based in India. I intend to provide employment to large pool of talented IT professionals in India…
Globalization + and –
The Pros And Cons Of Globalization from Forbes Pros 1. Free trade is supposed to reduce barriers such as tariffs, value added taxes, subsidies, and other barriers between nations. This is not true. There are still many barriers to free trade. The Washington Post story says “the problem is that the big G20 countries…