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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. That, too, is evolving with online engagement.

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You Are Never Too Old (or Too Successful) For A Mentor

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Despite what you might think, you are never too old to benefit from the helpful guidance of a mentor. Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc , and a self-professed "Mentee Whore," discusses his secrets to finding and keeping a mentor in this compelling article. and set up meetings with people that you want to be like.

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The Danger of Crocodile Sales

Both Sides of the Table

I’d like to talk about Crocodile Salesmen in 3 scenarios: 1) when YOU are selling (or someone on your team), 2) when you are trying to recruit a sales person. But how to apply “listening&# in a sales meeting? Beware of Crocodile Sales. I still do this sometimes, too. Always “test your understanding.&#.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Sharpen Their Sales Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

Julie is known as the entrepreneur’s selling mentor, for both men and women. Generate leads using social media, but don’t rely on it alone to make sales. Facilitate a transition to a private environment for closing a sale. entrepreneur focus Julie Steelman sales startup' Engage graciously. Perfect your natural ask.

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May The Force Be With You: Star Wars' BB-8 Droid, Goes On Sale For Real

socalTECH

In what is the first time you've been able to buy a real, working Star Wars droid, the BB-8 Droid from Star Wars is going on sale on Friday at 12:01 am, thanks to the efforts of a company out of the Disney Accelerator. Sphero was discovered by Bob Iger when he was mentoring Sphero as part of the startup accelerator program in Burbank.

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Mentor Secrets for Keeping Your Startup Alive

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup mentor has his favorite list of basic strategies to avoid pitfalls, and I’m no exception. Make marketing and sales a priority. Unfortunately, for every success story you see, there is an even longer list of failure stories with mistakes that you don’t see. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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School Links With Belkin On Combined High School, College Effort

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Belkin said that students at Portal Schools will be embedded in the Belkin campus, and will gain access to internships and on-site mentoring with Belkin teams in various divisions including engineering, industrial design, creative design, product management, marketing, communications, sales, and more.

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