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After Successful Pilot, Apprenti Expands Tech Training Program

Xconomy

Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 1.3 Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 1.3 A number of strategies have been deployed in an attempt to solve this problem—internships, code schools, and industry-led STEM education initiatives, for example—but a Seattle-based apprenticeship program called.

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Information Technology Bucks Downward LA Employment Trend

socalTECH

Bureau of Labor Statistics released its March 2010 employment numbers today, showing that the information sector was one of the only employment sectors to buck a further decline in employment in the region in March. The only other sector gaining in employees was education, with a 1.6 For Los Angeles, the information sector saw a 6.5

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USC Marshall Combines MBA, STEM

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According to the Marshall School, the "STEM specialization" will include certification in areas such as statistics, data analytics, operations and supply chain optimization, finance, forecasting, and digital marketing and modeling.

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Los Angeles investors and entrepreneurs launch PledgeLA, a diversity and inclusion program

TechCrunch LA

Demographics at funds and startups will also be under the microscope, since signatories have agreed to report on their composition by race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability status, immigration status, veteran status, educational attainment, socioeconomic origin, tenure at a firm.

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

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. 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. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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7 Advantages That Local Small Business Owners Enjoy

Startup Professionals Musings

According to recent statistics from the Small Business Administration (SBA), this approach still accounts for 99 percent the businesses out there today. Most lifestyle business owners are proud to be recognized as leaders in the local business, education, and civic organizations.

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Disrupt Indy: Can Data Forge the Path to Inclusive Tech Ecosystems?

Xconomy

tech startups and investment firms have long been thought of as the domain of white men—because historically, they have been.