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

TechCrunch LA

Covid-19 foisted a hefty set of expectations on the e-learning industry, with companies building tools to help teach people remotely suddenly finding themselves in unprecedented demand. How to mentor women better was the impetus because I did not have female mentors when I started at Ernst & Young,” she recalled.

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7 Advantages That Local Small Business Owners Enjoy

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you accept equity investor money, or go public with stockholders, you won’t believe the things they demand, and the legal rules you have follow. Most lifestyle business owners are proud to be recognized as leaders in the local business, education, and civic organizations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/23/2020.

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Study: 17% of Tech Workers Are High on the Job

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Here’s a look at the phenomenon, along with a few educated guesses as to the reasons behind the the growth of the stoned working class. The runner-up was “to help pass the time,” at 36 percent, and “to cope with the demands of the job,” at 28.7 Getting High Is On the Rise.

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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

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Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. I spoke about that more in this deck that I wrote for the SaaStr conference in early March 2020. That may happen. But I doubt it.

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

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People walk or ride their electric scooter past the statue of the Marechal Joffre, in Paris, on May 19, 2020. One study from 2021 found that e-scooter users in Paris are mainly men aged 18 to 29, have a high educational level, and usually jump on a scooter for travel time savings. What type of market, if any, is the right one?

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018

Tech.Co

With computer science jobs predicted to increase by 22 percent by 2020 according to the U.S. As a startup we have “ access to educated, entrepreneurial, machine learning talent,” Kaufhold said. In a study by the US Department of Commerce , women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more money than women in non-STEM positions.