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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. That, too, is evolving with online engagement.

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How To Transform Your Mentor Relationships Into Lifelong Friendships

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. My relationship with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, has matured over time. This transition from a unilateral, teacher/student paradigm is essential to sustaining a mentor relationship over the long term. Stages Of A Typical Mentor Relationship. Keeping it fun.

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Does Your Mentor Play These 6 Roles?

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. Bob Wood has been a mentor to dozens of professionals during his long career in public service. As noted in You''re Never Too Old (Or Too Successful) For A Mentor , Bob has become not only my mentor, but also my friend. Six Roles Of Mentors. Toad''s Wild Ride.

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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

SoCal CTO

Beware of Mentors. In both cases, I was the mentor telling the person that the idea, as I understood it was "not great." I saw a great post from Tristan Kromer Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a It was a top post on StartupRoar on Tuesday. Either: "That’s interesting. " One was an enterprise software product.

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Don’t Do Tequila Shots With Your Mentor

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Mentor relationships are not immune to the laws of human interactions. Without active management on the part of the protégé, the meetings with their mentor will become less frequent and less impactful, ultimately accelerating the end of the relationship. Keeping it fun.

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Insights and Opinions: Startup Mentors

socalTECH

For this year's first article, we share the advice of Tony Karrer , Founder and CTO of TechEmpower , Founder and CTO of Aggregage and organizer of the LA CTO Forum and Startup Specialist Network , two local groups focused on startups. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor? READ MORE>>.

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You Are Never Too Old (or Too Successful) For A Mentor

InfoChachkie

Despite what you might think, you are never too old to benefit from the helpful guidance of a mentor. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Jason''s mentors gave him over $500k to start Docstoc, before he had even created his product. Mentee Whoring. I certainly did.

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