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Amid Gender Gap Talk, Mentor Network Emerges For Women In Health, Bio

Xconomy

It’s been more than a year since an infamous party with hired models in cocktail dresses captured the biotech community’s attention at the 2016 J.P. Morgan conference. Morgan conference, for example, a group of 100 life science executives and others pledged to follow a list of gender diversity “best practices.”

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Interview Behzad Kianmahd, TAU Ventures

socalTECH

We started a program, where we have a conference on an annual basis here, and get the alumni of Tel Aviv University to come together, to not only learn about new technology out of Tel Aviv and Israel as a whole, but also to try to connect Los Angeles and Southern California with Tel Aviv University.

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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors.

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

LATechDigest

Each mentor spoke for nearly an hour to the entire group, answered questions, and sat with each company for one-on-one mentoring. SMASHD LABS brought the founders to the Revolt Conference in Miami, where the Cohorts pitched their businesses in front of a live audience in a Shark Tank meets The Voice type environment.

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Radicle Accelerator Fund Launches to Nurture AgTech Innovation

Xconomy

Radicle representatives plan to discuss their plans for the accelerator during AgTech Week 2016 , an ag investment conference being held in San Francisco this week. Besides investment, companies accepted into the accelerator will receive advice, mentoring, and industry connections.

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5 Ways To Make Everyone On Your Team A Marketer

Startup Professionals Musings

Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers. A single marketing coordinator can accelerate your efforts by being the coach and mentoring key members of the team on soft marketing. Encourage networking.