When Paola Santana received a Fulbright scholarship a decade ago, she moved from the Dominican Republic to Washington, D.C., to earn a masters degree in government procurement law.
Mar 17, 2021 • WRITTEN BY Bloomberg
The City of Oakley is working with, government software startup — Glass, launched the Oakley Digital Market, an e-commerce marketplace where local business owners can seamlessly showcase and sell their products and services online.
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Paola Santana talks about the challenges of the technology industry and her thoughts on the crisis we are experiencing. She also talks about GLASS and its vision to create systems that dramatically improve the lives of people through governments.
Mar 17, 2021 • WRITTEN BY Santo Domingo Times
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We're thrilled to share that we won 1st place in Capital Plus Financial’s Social Impact Venture Competition and raised USD $500,000 to scale our local government marketplaces in the U.S.
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Our next #OCChampion, Paola Santana, is a trailblazer who has harnessed the power of technology to open up public procurement, empower government buyers to make data-driven decisions, and reduce barriers for small businesses. Read more about her work with Glass.
Dec 13, 2022 • WRITTEN BY Open Contracting Partnership
Governments are the single largest buyers in the world. However, public procurement, the process by which governments acquire goods and services, is a fragmented and highly manual $16 trillion dollar global industry that over 400 million small businesses cannot access.
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El Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana lanza el primer Laboratorio de Innovación, Inteligencia y Experiencia Constitucional, en colaboración con GLASS, bajo el liderazgo de Paola Santana.
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Read NowOn behalf of Stanford Graduate School of Business and Latino Business Action Network, Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative held the 7th Annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship Forum.
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Read NowEn este nuevo GovTech webinar de GLASS, y el primero que realizamos en español, abrimos una conversación dinámica entre líderes y expertos en tecnologías digitales, para abordar el tema de transformación digital impactando a los gobiernos y PyMEs de Latinoamérica.
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The Digital Economy Forum (DEF) is a community-based Think Tank platform, and a portfolio of events dedicated to connecting the Telecom & Tech Ecosystem leaders with Policymakers at the forefront of Nigeria’s digital transformation.
Read NowPaola Santana es fundadora de Social Glass, una startup que ayuda a los gobiernos a triunfar. Con métricas claras y una gestión eficiente, le pone lupa a los gobiernos para combatir la corrupción y la incompetencia. Escuchemos esta charla entre Freddy Vega y Paola.
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