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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

socalTECH

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

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9 Leadership Initiatives To Ramp Up Team Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Zappos brings in thought leaders from personal development, education, community, philanthropy and other realms to share their ideas for motivation and engagement. Let team members be themselves, with a relaxed dress code and individual consideration for start times, time off, and office décor.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ The Kauffman Foundation centers their work around programs for entrepreneurs and educational programs aimed at students from pre-kindergarten through college.

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

TechCrunch LA

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. The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. Financing the future startup nation.

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Interview with Zareh Baghdasarian, 15desks

socalTECH

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. If you can imagine, you can have your entire educational life online. Zareh Baghdasarian: My training is as an engineer.

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

socalTECH

Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. The partners they have online are also more important, and they're starting to drive a lot more education and brand loyalty. What is TrackStreet? We provide analytics on the velocity of sales across their channels.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

socalTECH

com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. Anne Fulton: I've always been a technology lover, although I'm an organizational psychologist by training.

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