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One of the troubles with Bitcoin adoption as legal tender in El Salvador is having enough well-trained adult El Salvadoran developers to continue to help with adoption and improving functionality for transactions, mining and safe storage and beyond.
There are many “How to Use Bitcoin” courses for people but not nearly enough job training programs.
Torogoz Dev aims to fix this with their free training program run by genius and generous Bitcoin volunteers.
Torogoz Dev is an educational program based in El Salvador, it aims to train in the area of Bitcoin and Lightning Network development , to give students the opportunity to opt for better job opportunities and have the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute value in the development of Bitcoin & Lightning on a national and international scale.
Join this celebratory interview with Marina Spindler on the 1st day of the program!
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National Bird of El Salvador
The Torogoz is a bird that does not adapt well to captivity, it means that you can’t have it locked at home, also this bird is a symbol of family unity because reflects the participation in partners in the care of their chicks babies.
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Marina Spindler is a communications expert and business development advisor for blockchain and digital currency companies. She is a sought-after connector that brings together founders with strategic partners and investors. In 2016 she founded SPINDLER EDGE to bring clarity, structure and accountability to global ventures looking for a competitive edge. Some of her clients include Chaincode Labs, Ava Labs, IOV Labs, Hyper Island, Falabella and The Orchestra of the Americas. She is also the lead author of a global report on women, cryptocurrency and financial independence published by The Defiant and Open Money Initiative.
As the former CEO of the Group of Fifty (G50) for over a decade —a business network founded with the support of the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace— Marina identified and recruited forward-thinking business leaders and global thinkers. She also tripled the participation of female executives and launched the Millennium Leaders (ML50), a network of entrepreneurs under 40 years of age. Marina seamlessly bridged cultures to forge partnerships with global corporations, academic institutions and government organizations in 11 cities including Palo Alto, New York, Cambridge, Singapore, Madrid, Beijing, Shanghai, Santiago and Washington, D.C.
Bilingual and multicultural, Marina holds a master of public administration from New York University and a bachelor of arts in international affairs from The George Washington University. Throughout her career, she has advised startup founders and important social ventures including Code for Venezuela, Participatory Budgeting Project, Social Rocket Factory, Plantsss and PACEMD. She is a speaker at important regional conferences and has been a featured guest in various podcasts on business strategy and crypto adoption.
Business strategy and communications expert with 15+ years of experience in business development and strategy within multiple industries, including finance and technology. Marina has been advising international companies and foundations to build client relationships and open doors in new markets.
Led several international projects, including:
- Forge 20+ strategic partnerships, including with the World Economic Forum, IMF, World Bank, The Carlyle Group, Goldman Sachs, Smithsonian, Femsa, Real Madrid, and MIT (G50)
- Go-to-market strategy for a New York-based smart contracts platform expanding in South America (AVA Labs)
- Communications and storytelling training for an Argentine company that brought Bitcoin to the Ethereum network (IOV Labs)
- Manage client relationships and facilitate workshops for a leading digital innovation firm from Sweden (Hyper Island)
- Build product roadmap and help define marketing strategy for Grammy Award-Winning Orchestra (OAmericas)
Marina is a member of the 2021 WoC Blockchain Delegation to the U.S. Congress and a Kernel and SheFi fellow.
She spoke to Blockcode and La Bitcoineta about the industry’s outreach efforts and her strategies for disintermediating public relations in a networked economy. Most recently, she spoke at Blockchain Summit Latam and BlockConf Digital. Marina was the inaugural guest of Spain’s RESELECT podcast focused on digital innovation and building trust in times of change.
Marina was guest mentor for the Social Impact Hackathon at New York Blockchain Center and 2020 Hackathon Series Online organized by HackLatAm and Ava Labs.
She is a member of Meta Gamma Delta and an investor with MetaCartel Ventures, a cryptonative distributed autonomous organization with funds and assets managed on-chain via smart contracts.
Marina is the coauthor of a Global Report on Women, Cryptocurrency and Financial Independence that was published in The Defiant and Open Money Initiative. El reporte actualizado y traducido al español esta disponible aquí.
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