After receiving (and reviewing) almost 2,000 applications, it seems long overdue to provide some guidance to the applicants on how to best apply to Fledge. 1. Do some homework Read the about page, the details, and the FAQ. Watch the video explaining What Happens at Fledge. For even more homework, pick up a copy of The Next Step, which is the core of the classroom material taught within Fledge. 2...
Fledge8 is the first session of Fledge in Lima, Peru (and the first of many upcoming sessions outside of Seattle). Eight impactful LatAm startups based in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico.
Sustainable fashion, sustainable agriculture, clean water, clean homes, and an amazing traditional spirit. See how the best way to do good for Latin America is through business.
elcomercio.pe/economia/peru/fledge-aceleramos-start-ups-que-quieren-cambiar-al-mundo-noticia-1943331 Translation: The impetus for social enterprises in the region is reinforced by the arrival of American accelerator Fledge to Peru Marcela Saavedra P. Periodista @hamham26 Doing good doing business. That is the premise that led to the American entrepreneur Michael “Luni” Libes to found...
Fledge8 includes Ayni, a Peruvian fashion company who’s name comes from a local turn of phrase meaning “today for you, tomorrow for me.” A fashion company integrating sophisticated Danish design with a distributed production model promoting conscientious living through high quality Peruvian fibers and ancient handcrafted practices. Or in simpler words, beautiful handmade pima cotton and...
Fledge8 brings you X-Shirt, whose vision is to bring full transparency to the textile supply chain by creating “Small Nations” of passionate people that join to share their passion through exclusive, high quality t-shirts 100% made from Peruvian cotton, in Peru. Click on any of these first four “nations” to join in: The impact of t-shirts? Textiles is a big industry in Peru. Pima...
Fledge8 begins October 10, 2016 in Lima, Peru. The eight participants include: [hr] AgroAudit – Streamline and automate agricultural decision making in real time through a mobile app or web app, increasing quality and production. Ecuador [hr] Agua Piedra Mezcal – Sold in hand made bottles, labeled with agave paper, fused with 80% clean energy, and made by artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico...
A new online magazine, Rank & File has a nice article on the power of mentorship.
Read it at rankandfilemag.com.
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Humans have been wearing clothes for millennia. Every piece of clothing for the history of mankind has been worn, washed, and ultimately thrown away. Some may get reused by others for a while, but until today, all clothing has eventually become trash. That all ended today. Today Levi Strauss & Co (better known as simply “Levi’s”) announced the first ever pair of recycled...
The seventh session of Fledge has started. Seven new teams hailing from five countries: Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, the Philippines, and the United States. Seven more mission-driven, for-profit fledgling companies, with big dreams. African Chicken is a distributed grower of chickens in Tanzania, working with dozens of smallholder women farmers, providing them chicks, then aggregating and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that companies waste 30% of the energy they consume. For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste. However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision...