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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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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. You've had prior success, and you've been an angel investors in companies here. com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO.

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Origin wants to make accessible physical therapy women’s new normal

TechCrunch LA

Gender bias in medicine is systemic,” says Carine Carmy, the fast-talking CEO and co-founder of Origin , during a condensed chat about her startup mission to make physical therapy for women and mothers accessible and affordable across the US, both online and through a network of physical clinics.

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How To Prepare For The Entrepreneur Life You Want

Startup Professionals Musings

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough.

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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., When you watch TV, you see a version of American and it’s New York or Los Angeles.

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6 Ways To Start Learning For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

socalTECH

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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