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Xirrus Lands Colorado School District

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of Wi-Fi equipment headed by Dirk Gates, said yesterday that it has signed a school district in Colorado as a customer. Xirrus said that Fountain Fort Carson School District Eight, based in Fountain, Colorado, has replaced their existing Cisco wireless network with equipment from Xirrus.

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Should You Really Sit on Other Boards When You’re a Startup Founder?

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But for now, the summary is: You’ll extend your network. . I think it’s been tremendously helpful to us because the founder of Awe.sm ( Jonathan Strauss ) has a mentor who is going through similar issues but is a few years ahead in terms of company development. Ryan Carson made me promise not to do it.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

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Located in western Kentucky, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, Paducah has been a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network under the sub-network of Crafts and Folk Art since 2013 thanks to its rich history in the quilting and fiber arts. describes as being for “people, planet, and prosperity.”.

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