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

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Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

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Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?

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5 Ways To Make Everyone On Your Team A Marketer

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to make sure that everyone on the team, from the clerical assistant to the chief financial officer, knows your vision and product, and doesn’t hesitate to actively engage and be an effective proponent with anyone who might be of value to the business. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/07/2016.

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A Paperboy Explains The Keys To Success In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Although just seventeen years old, Patel has some great insights that I can extrapolate for every aspiring entrepreneur to answer the most common question I get as an advisor and mentor – “Where do I start?” With social media and conventional selling, the people with the best message get the order. Don’t forget the marketing. “If

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. 65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/20/2016.

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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs are so focused on finalizing their innovative product or service that they procrastinate on the formalities of forming the requisite new company until later. Until you have a business, you shouldn’t get a web domain name or social media accounts, since these all should match and are hard to change later.

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