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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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5 Popular Freelance Opportunities In This Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to startups, I see more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer in this new gig economy. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen.

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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

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How To Reinvent Yourself As A Business Startup Today

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to startups, I see more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer in this new gig economy. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen.

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5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

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Business Professionals Can Be The New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to startups, I see more and more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. Marty Zwilling.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Learning, Networking, Mentors From the question, this person is clearly looking at the issue of how to grow into this role. How can we address this risk? Accounting?

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