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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. See Paul Grahams Why Nerds are Unpopular to learn more) Take a look at this article on a programming Q&A site: How old are you, and how old were you when you started coding?

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The Austin State of Entrepreneurship

Austin Startup

[link] The Austin State of Entrepreneurship Hear some of Austin’s most successful entrepreneurs share their wins and challenges, plus, you’ll meet some of our accelerator programs and their companies. Rygwelski) Wildeboer - Senior Director of Marketing | US Programs, Lead Gen & Sales Enablement - MassChallenge | LinkedIn Anthony J.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Compliance. Underwriting.

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A Quality Benchmark for Accelerators: The Global Accelerator Network

Feld Thoughts

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network. Others are not.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

R/GA is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, one of four global ad holding companies, and is the most award-winning agency in the digital world today. s Nike+ platform to 2010?s It’s super exciting to me to do an accelerator program specifically around connected devices with Techstars. s Superman to 2006?s

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Female Founder Interview – Olga Camargo Leads Latinas Fintech Advisory

The Startup Magazine

Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2010 Emerging Leaders Program Selection. Diversity MBA Magazine Top 100 Under 50 Executive Leader and Top 100 Women of Influence. University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Business Administration Alumni Leadership Academy Inductee.

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Welcome New York to the Global EIR Coalition

Feld Thoughts

Last week New York was the third state to create a program – called the International Innovators Initiative (IN2NYC) – based on the construct of the Global Entrepreneur in Residence program. IN2NYC is by far the most ambition program to date. The New York program is a city driven initiative.