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XPRIZE Awards $15M In Global Learning Competition

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According to XPRIZE, it decided to split the top $10M award in the competition between two winners-- Kitkit School , which has developed a learning program using a "game-based core"; and onebillion , a developer of "numeracy content" and literacy material. READ MORE>>.

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Data Scientist Team Share Lessons Learned From Competition

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When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. This competition required the team to answer “…questions on a Food and Nutrition data set that contained 28 features and 30,000+ rows. Interested in entrepreneurship, web development, or data science?

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5 Rules Of Relevancy That Set Your New Venture Apart

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Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. Montgomery, which does a great job of laying out specifics.

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10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Every New Venture

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Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? What do you envision your business looking like in five to ten years? Education and training roadblocks.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. In five short years, they’ve helped build 52 companies, raised 25 million in investments and reached over 2000 founders. “[It] BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

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Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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JPMorgan Chase Invests $2.2 Million to Benefit Phoenix’s Underserved Entrepreneurs

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At the Techstars Startup Week Phoenix 2018 powered by Chase for Business , the Raza Development Fund and JPMorgan Chase announced a $1.1M The Raza Development Fund created a new $1M loan fund from money remaining from a 2013 JPMorgan Chase grant from the PRO Neighborhoods competition.

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