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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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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

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There's a large number of on-demand services which have been appearing recently, to help people deal with almost every aspect of their life. Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. Becka Klauber Richter: Helpr is an app for babysitters on demand.

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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

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That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. It even banned the consumption of alcohol in the office in 2016, as well as fornicating in stairwells.

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8 Initiatives To Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

Startup Professionals Musings

Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Customer-centric founders have found that interactive coaching and mentoring by experienced peers is more effective and positive in keeping everyone up to speed on trends, competition, customer demands and technology.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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If you're an employee in a big company, sometimes it can feel like you're not sure when your career is going. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. How did you start the company? Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) What were you doing before Fuel50?

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

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In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D., In 2016, Rapid City was officially named ICPC 2017’s host city. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City.

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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

TechCrunch LA

Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. ‘Link-in-bio’ company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features. With its $5.5

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