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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

This post is designed mostly for non-technical founders. I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. They don’t love documentation. But barely.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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Y Combinator’s biotech startups incubate a new generation of therapies and tools

TechCrunch

Atom’s founders have published the details of their techniques in Nature Chemistry, and says it’s working on a COVID-19 test as well as therapies for the virus and other conditions. For instance, a DNA machine could lock onto COVID-19 viruses and then release a chemical signal indicating infection before killing the virus.

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How should non technical founders collaborate with software developers?

TechCrunch

The degree to which we get involved with the idea validation may vary depending on the goals and needs of the project, the founders and/or stakeholders, and the stage at which the project is when we begin our collaboration. We can either collect them directly from our clients (if they have them ready after attending incubators, etc.),

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Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

TechCrunch

We know the rules, so you don’t have to spend time talking to lawyers and getting documents — we simplify all that.” It allows founders and businesses to start and scale across several African countries at once or periodically. . “From telling us to set up takes days.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

While they can withdraw those funds from the business the next day, local founders must still secure decent backing to even begin the work. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Katrin Siebenbuerger Hacki, founder, Medows. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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Accord launches B2B sales platform with $6M seed

TechCrunch

The founders of Accord , an early stage startup focused on bringing order to B2B sales, are not your typical engineer founders. It should be noted that the founders applied to YC after leaving their jobs, and impressed the incubator with their insight and industry experience, even though they didn’t really have a product yet.