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

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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. That, too, is evolving with online engagement.

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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Utilize outside expertise and mentoring. No matter how much energy, experience, and passion you have, there is always more you can learn from an Advisory Board of external experts or a mentor. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2020. Your long-term success and satisfaction depends on it.

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6 Lessons Most Entrepreneurs Only Learn On The Street

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. Start with a range of platforms, including social media, advertising, and a great website.

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Interview with Jo Webber, Pod.io

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We've created a social media platform which helps you meet new people, and we're also very focused on privacy, and don't sell your data, don't spy on you, but provide an environment where you can meet other people based on shared interests and shared locations. Jo Webber: We've done a seed round of $5M, which we raised earlier in 2020.

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6 Ways To Make You An Entrepreneur Before The Product

Startup Professionals Musings

Anticipate and establish supporting social media accounts. Customers expect consistency of your brand name across all channels, so don’t pick a web site name if the comparable name is available or already taken on relevant social media. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/06/2020.

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5 Actions To Convince Your Boss You Are Accountable

Startup Professionals Musings

I often think of the scope of this example in my role as mentor to a struggling entrepreneur who is quick to blame his problems on employee mistakes, or even changing customer expectations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2020. Communication must be positive and consistent, both up and down the line.

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5 Keys To The Startup Mindset Required For Breakthrus

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, I often hear proposals for new online social media or collaboration platforms, maybe more specifically tuned to inventors or artists, or easier to use, and populated by experts, to compete against Slack or Facebook. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/19/2020. He is quoted as saying, “I have not failed.

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