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Parallel18, the accelerator from Puerto Rico, provides funding for 39 startups impacted by COVID-19

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The economic reverberations of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus are still not yet fully understood. The OECD in September...

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Techstars co-founder to discuss startup communities at Founder Institute’s online event

Elham P.Mohammadi2 years ago

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As the coronavirus continues to re-shape an uncertain world for millions of people, insight is fast becoming one of the...

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How to turn users into growth machines: TheVentureCity is running a free Product-Led Growth bootcamp led by big tech growth experts

The Sociable2 years ago

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TheVentureCity, the venture and acceleration program responsible for helping to grow companies like Cabify, Pixlee and PlayGround, will hold its...

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Europe’s leading accelerators to meet at EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Representatives from Europe's leading startup accelerators will be gathered in one place for a panel discussion at the EU-Startups Summit...

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The Pakistani entrepreneurial ecosystem, an inside glimpse

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The Pakistani entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of high-energy and passion coupled with progress to be made in infrastructure, education, and...

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Pakistan ascending: the tech and startup ecosystem is a united vision

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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To speak of the Pakistani tech and startup ecosystem is to completely throw away all preconceived notions from what you...

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Ohio is Pumping Out Startups as if They Were Growing on Buckeyes

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Ohio is a state bursting with startups, so much so that it seems a new accelerator is popping up almost...

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Peru Moves to Invest in Tech, Innovation With Venture Capital Conference in Lima

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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The Peru Venture Capital Conference starts Tuesday with the aim of ending Peru's dependence on raw materials while investing more...

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Puerto Rico’s Parallel18 accelerator offering $40K grants to 40 startups for 4th gen.

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Backed by the government of Puerto Rico, accelerator Parallel18 is accepting applications for its fourth generation of startups. Parallel18 (P18)...

Business

Strong mentorship, networking are key to industry focused accelerators’ success

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Looking back to 2013, there was a lot of negative feedback about success rates from accelerator programs, but the industry is...

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You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.