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

TechCrunch LA

Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1 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. Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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6 Suggestions For How To Begin Your Startup Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough.

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5 Sources Of Ideas That Turn Into The Next Big Thing

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. Therefore, it takes time, sometimes whole generations, of education, communication, and incremental proof to get momentum going and overcome old fears.

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6 Reasons Technical Expertise Does Not Make A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In the interim, I recommend you use advisors, social media, and the Internet to find your alter-ego.

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6 Tips For Entrepreneurs To Lock In On The Right Road

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The wealth of online education offerings is a great start, but is not enough.

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5 Generators Of Customer Pain Conducive To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. Therefore, it takes time, sometimes whole generations, of education, communication, and incremental proof to get momentum going and overcome old fears.

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7 Excuses I Don’t Want To Hear For New Owner Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So why do most startups fail? So hang in there and get busy. “I

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