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Creating Diversity in Tech: Elevating People of Color

Smart Hustle Magazine

The field of technology is constantly changing and growing. But historically this industry has had a lack of diversity in the people who make it up. But there's one person specifically who wants to help create more diversity in tech. And, he wants to make it more possible for lack, Latinx, and Native American professionals to break into the industry. .

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Negative Social Proof

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I explained this last week on a call with some of our investors and I thought it might be useful to explain it more broadly. Most of USV’s big wins have been in companies where we were the first institutional VC to talk to the company or where we had way more conviction about the opportunity than other investors at the time of our investment. There was no social proof on these investments other than the fact that nobody else wanted to make the investment as much as we did.

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7 Accomplished Entrepreneurs Share How to Start a Business with $100

StartupNation

StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. Many would-be entrepreneurs never start because they’re waiting for the perfect idea or don’t have enough disposable capital to break out of the rat race. These accomplished entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share how to start with $100. 1. Buy and flip.

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Reeves Wiedeman, Author of Billion Dollar Loser

GCUC

Liz Elam interviewed Reeves Wiedeman, contributing editor at New York Magazine and author of Billion Dollar Loser in this exciting episode of the GCUC. The post Reeves Wiedeman, Author of Billion Dollar Loser appeared first on GCUC Community.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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[Diagnostic Robotics in CTech] Diagnostic Robotics announces partnership with Brown University Center for AI-driven behavioral healthcare

OurCrowd

Diagnostics Robotics Ltd. announced Monday that it has entered a collaboration with the joint Brown University-Lifespan Center for Digital Health to help accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare. Read more here. The post [Diagnostic Robotics in CTech] Diagnostic Robotics announces partnership with Brown University Center for AI-driven behavioral healthcare appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[yulife in PR NEWSWIRE] Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and YuLife Launch Virtual Wellness Event Series

OurCrowd

YuLife’s Chief Wellbeing Officer, best-selling author and host of the ‘Feel Better, Live More’ podcast Dr. Rangan Chatterjee , to promote healthy everyday lifestyle choices in upcoming series. Read more here. The post [yulife in PR NEWSWIRE] Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and YuLife Launch Virtual Wellness Event Series appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Edgybees in Shephard Media] Edgybees to USAF transition to JADC2

OurCrowd

The USAF has awarded Edgybees a contract worth up to $950 million from the USAF for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of geo-registration technology for real-time, full-motion video. Read more here. The post [Edgybees in Shephard Media] Edgybees to USAF transition to JADC2 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[OurCrowd in The Financial Times] Israeli VC firm and Dubai merchant family form tech funding alliance

OurCrowd

Tie-up between OurCrowd and Al Naboodah unit is first since normalisation of relations. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Financial Times] Israeli VC firm and Dubai merchant family form tech funding alliance appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[OncoHost in PR Newswire] OncoHost to Present Data on Predicting Host Response to Immunotherapy at the MAP 2020 Virtual Congress – ESMO

OurCrowd

OncoHost, a global leader in host response profiling for improved personalized cancer therapy, announced today that Professor Yuval Shaked , co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor at OncoHost, and Professor of Cell Biology and Cancer Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, will deliver a presentation titled A Proteomics-Based Platform for Predicting Response to Immunotherapy and Personalizing Treatment Plans.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.