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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

You''re required to be a lot more entrepreneurial, which requires you to build your own networks in order to get customers and collaborators, since these functions won''t be under the roof of a big company anymore. It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?". Venture Capital & Technology'

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BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital

TechCrunch

It’s the second grant that the company has taken from the NSF and is an example of how startups can turn to government funding for capital and avoid some of the pitfalls of fundraising from venture capital. What the Magic Leap story shows is that companies don’t need to take venture capital to make it.

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Breaking boundaries together in Ecuador

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

What started as a small project to develop a small medical device that could evaluate malnourishment in rural areas has become one of the only woman-led technology labs and enterprises in Ecuador. Finding a female mentor with the same background was difficult, as was procuring venture capital funds in a male-dominated field.

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

Quirky helps you develop and market your product ideas. GrabCAD helps CAD designers collaborate and leverage off of each other''s libraries. Venture Capital & Technology' Companies like Makerbot and Shapeways bring physical production to the masses. Etsy is a marketplace for things you make.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA and Central PA-based venture capital partners win EDA grant to strengthen capital access for regional technology companies

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

In a significant boost to the venture capital landscape of Central Pennsylvania, the region is set to benefit from the establishment of the Keystone Innovation Fund II, thanks to a generous grant of $412,598 from the US Economic Development Administration’s ‘Build to Scale Capital Challenge.’

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LUUM’s Eyelash Extension Innovation Garners $30M Series A Round

American Entrepreneurship

Prior to joining LUUM, Lawson’s 15 year career included shaping brand strategies and product development across global brands such as Apple, PayPal and Movado. Amundson serves as Vice President of Engineering, where he spearheads the development of the company’s systems for automated eyelash extension application.