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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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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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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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10 Indications That It’s Time To Ask For Help At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

Too often they are also hesitant, inexperienced, and fearful of hiring people or finding a mentor to be the partner they need. Sometimes it’s obvious that closing a deal requires some tough negotiation or sales calls at the top, but these are not your forte, so you can never find the time or energy to get them done.

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Prepare for Their Big Break

Tech.Co

“[Through] CTA, you have access to wealth of consumer research reports, discounts for seminars and conferences such as CES, and networking opportunities with industry professionals through the CTA Mentor program,” Koduri said. Add Mentors to Your Roster. Regardless of one’s stage, mentors are a must have for any founder.

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors. Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly. No program can work miracles.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

My other co-founder, Rusty Jenkins, was also with that company, doing sales. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing. It was actually an article by William Hsu at Muckerlab which caused us to pivot.

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