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Life of Purpose: Teacher Kiarra Ambrose Thrives by Humanizing Education

StartupNation

Given the times in which we currently live, I can’t think of anything worthier than recognizing the amazingly dedicated educators to whom we entrust our children to help them learn and grow. Detroit native Kiarra Ambrose has valued education all her life. My purpose is educating; that’s my core,” Ambrose says.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs. We must have a societal will to make it happen.”

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Collaborate and Communicate Remotely with Webinars and Video conferencing

Smart Hustle Magazine

Effective communication and collaboration are crucial during this trying time and outside of it to keep businesses and education running smoothly. There are some benefits of using webinars and video conferencing in education and business. Support for the required size of the audience. Easy remote communication. Analysis tools.

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African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A

TechCrunch

The startup, which uses SD cards as a low-bandwidth way to deliver content, saw a wave of smart devices enter homes across Africa as students adapted to remote education. Similar to many edtech startups, uLesson has benefited from the overnight adoption of remote education. Sim Shagaya’s uLesson African edtech startup raises $3.1M.

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ByteDance Co-Founder Resurfaces with New Venture in Hong Kong After Two-Year Absence

AsiaTechDaily

Earlier this month, Zhang made a donation of 200 million yuan to the Fangmei Education Development Fund, supporting vocational and arts education in his hometown. During this time, Zhang has been actively involved in philanthropic endeavors, including his contributions to an education fund in his hometown.

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A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store!

This is going to be BIG.

I’m thrilled to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ investment in Tinybop , a new Brooklyn-based studio building the most creative and thoughtfully-designed educational apps for kids. He spent a year and a half researching the educational app market and discovered it was (and is) a market that really lacks for quality brands.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

And if you want my presentation on the things I Effed Up at my first startup you can view or download the short PPT by clicking that link on Docstoc. 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? And ideas you have to drive acceptance. .”

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