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Unit tests an easier way for workers to organize

TechCrunch

Unit itself is not a labor union, but instead helps worker-organizers set up, affiliate and manage a union with a mix of software and human resources. Janitorial entrepreneurship. Unit offers a suite of services to fix the process of unionizing, which starts with education. A turnkey solution for unions.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence. The DEBUT Challenge is a contest for undergraduate student teams working on innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: The Kindbody TC-1, Glossier’s mistakes, calculating startup runway

TechCrunch

With a focus on education that addresses the fragmentation associated with infertility care, Kindbody is growing at a remarkable pace, but it’s also helping many patients feel seen and heard for the first time. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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What Drives The University Of Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Success

HPA

What’s not as widely known is how Ann Arbor has a storied and growing entrepreneurship ecosystem that shows no signs of slowing down. I found that the university has more than 15 programs and centers in entrepreneurship and exceeds 30 entrepreneurial student organizations. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve. Just as the $2.4B

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Extra Crunch roundup: How Duolingo became an edtech leader

TechCrunch

Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it. 4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn. It’s an entrepreneur’s market in digital health today, with startups raising record-breaking funding at soaring valuations and debuting on public markets to eager investors. Thanks for reading!

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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space

Angel Capital Association

If we want to feed, clothe and house 8 billion people, address the host of health, environmental and other issues, good old fashioned elbow grease isn’t going to do it. For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. If we get the money, how will we use it? What are our sales channels?

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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

TechCrunch

In my view, the correct statistic is about 18%, not 2% — as we should take into account deals that had mixed-gender founding teams. To put the number in context, women-founded companies have accounted for around 24% of annual first-financing deals that we know had mixed-gender teams since 2017. The rest is noise.

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