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Do you remember what you were passionate about when you were 24? Do you still have those dreams? What about when you were seven years old? What did you want to be when you "grew up"? I believe it is never too late. If you haven't started following through on your dreams yet, I hope this episode will inspire you to start now. We are going to hear from three young entrepreneurs who share their passion and engagement with us and the stories of their journeys and their incredible accomplishments. About Christine Souffrant A globally recognized speaker, Christine Souffrant is a Haitian American entrepreneur with 7 years of business management experience across 30+countries. As the founder of Vendedy (a mobile network connecting global travelers to street vendors of developing countries), she has been featured with IBM, Microsoft, Fast Company, Manatt Ventures, etc. Learn more about Vendedy at Vendedy was selected as a Poverty Alleviation commitment by the Clinton Global Initiative and won global competitions for social impact including the 2015 Digital Entertainment World Competition, Master Card Priceless Pitch, and the $1 Million Dollar Chivas Venture USA competition. As the Managing Director of Startup Grind Dubai, she works with dozens of leading CEO’s within the Middle East and around the world. She has spoken on leadership, disruptive entrepreneurship and tech social impact innovation at conferences located in Trinidad, Dubai, New York, San Francisco, Russia, Romania, LA, and more. About Daniel Fine Daniel Fine is the founder & CEO of Team Brotherly Love and The Fine Companies, which includes sunglass company Glass-U, medical app Dosed, and Boston based tutoring firm NexTutors. Team Brotherly Love has raised over $2.1 million for Type-1 diabetes research. Glass-U makes fully-folding sunglasses and is licensed to hundreds of universities and many greek organizations in the US. It has been featured at events ranging from The Rose Bowl to Lollapalooza and this past summer was an official licensee to produce sunglasses for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Dosed is a mobile solution intended to revolutionize the way that diabetics manage and track their insulin dosage. Learn more about Daniel at . Fine has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 International Leaders of Tomorrow and one of the World’s Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs Organization. He has received the “President’s Volunteer Service Award” twice and is a Fellow of the Kairos Society. About Ladislas de Toldi Ladislas is a 26-year-old biotech engineer, passionate about computers, robotics & spearfishing. He is the founder of Leka, a young startup whose goal is to develop smart and innovative educational toys for children with disabilities. Learn more about . Leka is currently developing Moti, an interactive spherical rolling robot specially designed for children with autism spectrum disorders. Ladislas is in charge of hardware design & technical development. After graduating as a biotech engineer he learned robotics on his own to build the first prototypes of Moti. Links: Find Powerful Conversations on | | |