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Edlyft Co-Founder and CEO Erika Hairston: How Community Can Elevate Tech

Y Combinator

While she ultimately persevered and graduated with her computer science degree from Yale in 2018, she also built appreciation for what it’s like to be truly intimidated by a subject matter. The pair also continues to find support with the YC community. Find Your Community. There was just one issue. Hairston was lucky.

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

I’m Rosie Odsey and I interviewed Rowena Barrett from QUT in late August 2018. Matthew Brown (2015) left a role at one of the big 4 consulting firms to join Maxwell Plus , a medical tech startup rethinking the way we detect and diagnose disease (and are doing pretty well ). He took pictures of every community space he went into.

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StudyFree, an international student scholarships and grants platform, raises $3M seed

TechCrunch

StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities via a community-driven B2C SaaS model — has raised a $3 million seed investment round led by I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments and Techstars. Also participating was PandaDoc CEO Mikita Mikado and Google’s ex-director of product, Andrey Doronichev.

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Why You Need a Business Mentor (and Where You Can Find One)

StartupNation

Hawaii was just recently voted second to last in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business — not the first time it has ranked low on those types of surveys — which means Larson needed all the help she could get, and that started with contacting the Hawaii SBDC back in late 2018. Community business groups or associations.

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My Opportunity to Give Back to EO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Before I started my EO journey in 2018, I was in survival mode. And if I can help make this community more robust, other entrepreneurs will have similar experiences. Life was about work and whatever time I could squeeze in for my family. It was around the clock, 24/7. Having fun and pursuing hobbies were not a part of my DNA.

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At the Intersection of People, Purpose and Profits

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As founder of InfoTrust , a digital analytics consulting and technology company, and the company’s Basket Brigade, a program that delivers Thanksgiving meals to local families in need, Alex Yastrebenetsky thinks he’s on to something. Or perhaps it’s because InfoTrust won the top spot on the 2018 Best Employers in Ohio ? “The

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Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa

TechCrunch

The idea to build Adanian Labs, was conceived in 2018, when Kamara was living and working in Cape Town, South Africa, where he witnessed the fast growth of the startup ecosystem, and how, in most countries, accelerators were the default launch pads. New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape.