TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Last year, Lambda School raised $74 million for its coding education program. We believe that practical skills training, a supportive global community and career development programs can give everyone, regardless of their education or employment history, the ability to write their stories through technology,” said Quiñones.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 2013, Dave faced a life-altering medical diagnosis: primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare autoimmune disease that attacked his liver’s bile ducts. Dave is co-founder and chairman of the Global School of Entre p reneurship , which provides education for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 31, 2021

TEALS came to NYC in 2013 and has been helping kids learn computer science in NYC schools ever since. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Mar 22, 2021 Preparing Communities for the Climate Crisis. TEALS is a longstanding program supported by Microsoft where software engineers assist in computer science instruction in K12 schools.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

They’re building campuses, districts, buildings, spaces, as well as running new educational efforts and contests—basically anything they can think of to foster the growth of new and innovative companies. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Since its establishment in 2013, the Pangyo CS Alliance, a collective of 13 IT giants based in Pangyo, has been dedicated to addressing community-centric challenges. Their ‘Find Friends Game Land’ initiative, launched in 2019, extends gaming experiences to marginalized communities, including disabled children.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Suissa served on the Board of the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter National Organization, both as President (2006–2013) and as Vice President (2005–2007). Simultaneously, she worked as the Program Manager for the Quality of Life Innovations Program for an educational nonprofit called Working in Support of Education in Midtown.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Since the ATC program’s inception in 2013, 2,900 investments totaling $872 million have been approved to support 141 New Jersey companies. Two companies benefitting from the ATC program in the second quarter of 2023 include EV Edison and Beable Education Inc. Based in Lakewood, Beable Education Inc.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma is building a network of community pharmacies across Africa as it plans to be the go-to primary healthcare service provider for millions of people residing in the region. mPharma plans to grow its community ( Mutti ) pharmacies across eight markets in Africa to be the first point of care for patients.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo’s competitors see the app’s massive gamification and solitary experience as inherently contradictory with high-quality language education. One of the ironic legacies of Duolingo’s evolution is that for years it outsourced much of the creation of its education curriculum to volunteers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

Founded in 2013, Glints says it has been used by more than 1.5 In addition to its job marketplace, which the company says has more than 7,000 active listings and 4 million visitors each month, Glints also offers community features and skills education, like online classes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2021

While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and sending them as email alerts to communities. Founded in 2019, Komunidad has clients in the Philippines, India, Cambodia and Vietnam, and serves multiple sectors, including utilities, agriculture, mining, education, local governments and business outsourcing centers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world. Hezarkhani’s early energy brought him to Carnegie Mellon, where he studied electrical and computer engineering, and Google, where he spent time on developer programs and Google for Education. Activation edtech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business. The move comes as the U.K. Code challenge in Kano World Image Credits : Kano World.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

Meanwhile, since 2013 the number of coding boot camps offered by for-profit organizations (which can cost as much as $15,000 for a 12-18 week course) has sprung up, and these courses are thriving. AlbanyCanCode is convening area employers, educators, and community organizations to launch a coding camp for area employers in Spring 2016.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens. I am a professor in entrepreneurship and educate students to this reflection and contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial culture and mindset.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 27, 2023

Looking Back At My Own Departure in 2013. Leading up to my departure in 2013, and after, I too feared the impact of losing that part of my self-worth. Originally Published June, 2013 [and lightly edited/updated] hunter@google.com: From 2003–2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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StartupNation

APRIL 29, 2021

Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation launched the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic growth by providing them with greater access to business education, financial capital and business support services. Let’s hear from Jerome: Hello, Jeff. Oh my God, we sell out every Saturday.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. And one thing is for sure: there are plenty of smart, talented and successful women entrepreneurs who are shaping communities and the future. Summersalt (St. Angelica Ross is working to change that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

In 2013, Kim sold the company to her co-workers, making it 100% employee owned at a moment of growth and expansion. Ashoka’s Michael Zakaras caught up with Kim to learn of her guiding principles, how she and the New Belgium team translate them into business practice, and what this means for young people and education today.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. This was big news for the Ann Arbor tech community, and a huge move for Llamasoft. In 2020, they raised $5.5

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

After careful consideration of community-driven feedback and market research, TOMS decided to evolve our giving. We know that community organizations and leaders best understand the challenges their communities face, but also know they don’t always have the resources? Community ?? The definition of community evolved.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2021

There’s been an emergence of “pre-accelorator” or “people accelorator” programs—experiences that you can buy your way into with cash, as opposed to potentially valuable future equity, that replicate the education and network provided by the likes of YCombinator. However, that side of a professional education is a commodity.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Logan Rae , Founder, Argon Agency Gain a Loyal Following and Community Content marketing helps startups to gain a loyal following and community. Companies can use content to educate potential customers about their product or service, and even offer free samples or discounts for a limited time to get people to try out their business.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 6, 2021

Tmura: Startup options help those in need The sale of MyHeritage to Francisco Partners for a reported $600M will directly help Israeli nonprofits working in education and youth projects through the sale of options the startup donated in 2013 to Tmura , an Israeli nonprofit, The Times of Israel reports. Exit proceeds in 2020 totaled $1.9

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Here’s the brand story of the vacation rental company, Airbnb: “A trusted community marketing for customers to list, book, and discover unique accommodations for unique travel experiences.” . For example, prime minister of the UK (1979 – 1990) Margaret Thatcher died in 2013. Build a statement summing up why your brand exists.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

And beyond the network, we take software very seriously, and so we have about a half a dozen people on our product, engineering, and design team who work in partnership with our venture team, our community team, others to look at software as core to the VC model. There's education to be had if you do seek that out.

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GCUC

AUGUST 8, 2019

Was there a market for something like Work and Play in my community? I found a community of freelancers, writers, other moms and dads who were excited by my new idea. We moved into session based scheduling, to still provide some flexibility for parents, but to also create community and consistency in our classrooms.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last 10 years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by Google for more than $1 billion in 2013. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

According to Briter Bridges , another publication that tracks VC investments in Africa, only 3% of the total funding raised by startups in Africa since 2013 has gone to all-women co-founded teams. It enables us to progress towards our goal to educate the next billion learners. Kenya’s Lami raises $1.8M

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