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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

socalTECH

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: Helpr is an app for babysitters on demand. I started as a teenager, and I did babysitting, life guarding, and swim coaching. What is Helpr? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

Tech.Co

It even banned the consumption of alcohol in the office in 2016, as well as fornicating in stairwells. We’ve seen demand for workspace rise rapidly, and more and more of our members are spending time in the office because they’ve really missed the energy you get from being part of a community, and connecting with colleagues in person.

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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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7 Good Entrepreneurial Habits That Turn Bad

Startup Professionals Musings

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. You can’t demand total loyalty from all, so you have to learn to accept criticism without being defensive.

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

socalTECH

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. Plus, we're really ramping up our client success team and sales team to meet the demand in the U.S.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

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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