This week on Blockleaders
This week saw great things and great people with a passion for bringing business, diversity and equality into a coherent mix, with the help of blockchain technologies.
Browsing: women
Mandy Shemuvalula: Youth is Not Wasted on the Young
That old saying about youth being wasted on the young has never had more relevance than it does right now. Mandy Shemuvalula’s hectic race to take on the world’s youth highlights the main impediments to young people getting ahead in business – too many old farts blocking their way. You have been warned. If you are of an ageist bent then this article is not for you. (hint, check out if you are a youth or old fogie in paragraph three).
Cats, Crypto and Curry with Erica Stanford
Erica Stanford, a very unassuming woman who lives in central London. Her meteoric rise from general obscurity to now being a frontrunner in the competitive blockchain and emerging tech space has been reasonably well charted online but today we wanted to speak to her about what matters to her behind the articles.
Stephanie So: Advocating for more opportunities through blockchain
Stephanie So spoke candidly to Blockleaders about using Economics to bestow a whole generation of studens with the necessary life skills to excel in life, and also about her innate desire to build a better future for the next generation through the power of blockchain technology.
Lisa Turner: Advocating for equality through the Government Blockchain Association
Lisa Turner is the Chapter Lead for the Government Blockchain Association in the state of Ohio. She works tirelessly for change, and to foster equality for her local community. Lisa spoke to BlockLeaders about her motivation to make a difference through blockchain, and also about how she overcame her own introversion through her participation in Toastmasters.
Paulii Good: When marketing and storytelling meet the blockchain
Storytellers share a common bond. Restless creativity. The bond is unseen but strong, and resilient. Creativity drives the storyteller’s inner thoughts and motivation for everything they do. Paulii Good has achieved success in her chosen professional path. She spoke to BlockLeaders about the power of storytelling both in work and life, and also confessed her passion for baking nice stuff for her family.
Melissa Messe Mwale: The Buzz of Blockchain in Zimbabwe
Melissa Messe Mwale spoke to Blockleaders’ Fernando Sanchez about the challenges of entrepreneurship in her birthland of Zimbabwe, her passion to empower Africa through blockchain technology, and how her online marketplace benefits local and international communities.
Nelly Moffett – Walking TAAL With Blockchain
Founder and director of TAAL, offering free blockchain courses to women, talks about walking away from a promising career to concentrate on her passion.
Bonnie Crofford: Fighting Poverty and Social Injustice Through Blockchain
Introducing change is never easy, particularly when a society is entrenched in its own principles.…
Kimberly King Burns – Playing With the Stars
What do remote island living, digital media, and cryptocurrency have in common? Kimberly King Burns.…