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

TechCrunch LA

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. The financing will be used to help students finance their Entity Academy tuition, which typically costs $15,000.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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So, I came back into the ecosystem, started attending the game and developer conferences, and really started asking the hard questions to executives in the industry, and figuring out where the underserved areas were in the industry. It all came back to this idea of on-boarding. My experience with Randy was much like that.

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

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The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx.

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How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings

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Doing nothing between board meetings to me is like running the “ waterfall software development process. &# We all know that modern software companies run on the “ agile &# development process by having short release cycles and frequent communications. This post is about what happens BETWEEN board meetings.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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But I strive to impact the lives of many more through hours of coaching entrepreneurs, challenging people to be better, making human connections for people or providing timely advice. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL.

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