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

TechCrunch LA

Entity uses all this to curate not just what courses it provides and what goes into the curriculum, but also how best to supplement that learning. Today, Entity courses also include targeted mentoring from people working in the tech industry, as well as career coaching en route to finding a job. .”

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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

Tech.Co

That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. Back in 2017, the New York Times opinion section was graced with an article entitled: Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin.

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Insights and Opinions: Storytelling and Startup Fundraising

socalTECH

Last week, the WSJ ran a great article on the value of college humanities courses, and used comments from a successful entrepreneur to make their case. I was wrong, and the article was a good reminder that telling your company's full story is a critical element in raising capital. READ MORE>>.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. My articles never appeared on Digg so I didn’t focus on it at all. Of course once submitted you could send out links to your friends and ask them to upvote your content and that would help. It’s worth a quick read. Underbelly.

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The lion and the ant: A managerial lesson

Berkonomics

The Ant of course “Because she showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”. We build our companies with layers of management in the natural course of growth, often quoting that a manager should have no more than six direct reports, or that managers should be freed to do the important, high value work. Thank you, again!

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ValueClick Founder And Internet Pioneer Brian Coryat: Startups Are Like Pouring Water Downhill

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! During the course of his talk, Brian mentioned that, "Startups are like pouring a bucket of water down a hill. In addition, the hill''s slope will also affect the water''s course.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. It is of course why immigrants power so many successful businesses in the US and why we need to embrace them. What I learned from the article? What touched me?