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

TechCrunch LA

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. The program itself is incredibly daunting initially, but it was really valuable for us, especially as an educational experience.

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“Built In L.A.” the New Online Community for Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. Its mission is to connect, educate and promote online innovators that are coming out of L.A.’s It is very much a sharing, learning, promoting platform for the community.”. that has quietly soft launched this January.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

Tech Zulu Event

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

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