TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Since 2016, the retention rate of Black and Latinx employees in Big Tech has fallen from 7% to 5%. In other words, you have a whole bunch of talented, creative people crying out for high-tech jobs — and a whole bunch of powerhouse, innovative companies desperate to hire and hold onto talent and creativity.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

I have always liked creative work (and numbers, which is sort of contradictory) and after a short stint in marketing, I became an Innovation Manager. My journey into start-up ecosystems commenced with scouting bleeding edge technologies in the automotive industry back in 2016/2017. As technology evolves, so does your vision.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

One characteristic I have discovered and tracked with fascination since 2016?—?in Silicon X Syndrome So if cities are like startups, what “startup-ish” characteristics might they exhibit? And that’s a good thing. That difference?—?the the unique DNA of each city?—?is is core to its competitive advantage.

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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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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. . Earlier this year, adidas announced its newest program, Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M., IG: @hood_health.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The transition to these services will lead to a few fundamental truths in 2021: Real-Time Content Creation: 24-hour turnaround for creative projects will be industry standard by 2025. . Since 2020, Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bunny Studio, an on-demand fulfillment platform for creative services. About Santiago Jaramillo.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

What we saw in 2015 and 2016 is the world moving in a direction where that complexity was unavoidable, whether in a heightened interest in being able to do things like breakdown by customer ID or this exploding complexity that was about to come onto the scene driven by Kubernetes, microservices and containers. .”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Full disclosure: In 2016, I was 500 Startups’ Journalist-in-residence. For this edtech investor survey , she interviewed: Deborah Quazzo, managing partner, GSV Ventures (an education fund backing ClassDojo, Degreed and Clever). That startup was DoorDash, by the way. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

is truly home, who have been educated here or served in the armed forces, and who want to further contribute to the tech ecosystem and economy. had established a startup visa in 2016, it would have created 1 million to 3.2 This is great news for many folks for whom the U.S. To be clear: The U.S. million jobs over 10 years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

Shodan, which is like a Google for Internet-connected devices—recently said a search performed in January 2016 identified close to 200,000 Internet-connected devices that are still susceptible to the three-year old Heartbleed vulnerability. Well…surprise! A bored employee doesn’t learn. An unengaged employee doesn’t care.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Educating against waste management. From there, they founded EnerGea.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Based in Detroit, Autobooks offers a number of wellness benefits, plus great financial and educational benefits. Waymark is a digital creative marketing company with offices in Detroit. They are committed to diversity and invest in the education of their employees. Alchemie creates organic chemistry apps for higher education.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The year 2020 threw online education into the spotlight, but this Ann Arbor tech company has known the value of it since it was founded in 2017. Amesite , founded by top Midwest female founder Ann Marie Sastry, uses AI to improve the online education experience. Just last month they raised $11.8 In 2020, they raised $5.5 Groundspeed.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Recurse Center. “The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming.”. Pioneer is a weekly contest for creative people around the world making their ideas become real. Skoll Foundation. Pioneer.app. “Get Get funding and guidance for your project. Y Combinator.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They were featured in Forbes for their creativity and innovation during a challenging time, and we’re excited to see what’s next for the Passage team in 2021. They offer multiple templates and design tools to make creative work accessible to anyone. Flow Video. They also acquired plant care app, Vera. Red Ventures. GreenLancer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. By contrast, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% of venture capital deals.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

” Recurse Center. “The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming.”. Ideas for books, podcasts, video series, investigative research, essays, educational campaigns, and creative proposals. Skoll Foundation. Pioneer.app. “Get Y Combinator.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

I recently joined a WhatsApp chat called “Nomads in Miami” that includes a variety of intellectually curious people from all walks of life (from creatives, to entrepreneurs, to traditional professionals) who are either temporarily in Miami this winter or have made a permanent move to South Florida. David Goldberg, general partner, Alpaca.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Recognizing the need for creative investment structures in their Colorado market, they cofounded the Alternative Capital Summit , creating the first community of Flexible VCs and alternative startup investors. . Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. According to Indie.VC

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Recognizing the need for creative investment structures in their Colorado market, they cofounded the Alternative Capital Summit , creating the first community of Flexible VCs and alternative startup investors. . Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. According to Indie.VC

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

Studies have shown a 71% rise in online searches for “sustainable goods” globally since 2016. We knew the creative would need to stand out, so we leaned into our flexible & nimble approach with content that simply worked. It could be said that if you don’t go green, you’ll go red?—?so Key Takeaways ?? Future proof.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 18, 2018

In October of 2016, McKinsey and Company (working with Uber) published a detailed research report titled, Independent Work: Choice, Necessity and the Gig Economy. Free agents cite higher satisfaction than traditional workers across issues ranging from the creativity they can express to opportunities for learning and recognition.

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