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TechStars FounderCon 2012

David Cohen

This year we had 220 alumni founders in Boston for the annual gathering, which culminated in a demo day with entrepreneurs from the Boston TechStars program. FounderCon 2012 was an incredible three days packed with networking, amazing keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and bonding over group meals and a rousing game of Werewolf.

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Make School is Rethinking College to Diversify the Tech Workforce

SiliconHills

Jeremy Rossmann, co-founder of Make School, a computer science and software engineering school, based in San Francisco is disrupting higher education. Make School offers a two-year Bachelor’s Degree to students accepted into its computer science program. Rossmann dropped out of MIT and […].

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Do you need data engineering before data science?

Version One Ventures

One thread explored the differences between data science and data engineering. I’ll admit that I was completely unaware of the engineering behind data science when we first launched Insight Data Science back in 2012. Has extensive knowledge on databases and best engineering practices. And I don’t believe that I was alone.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Olin College Foundry Program. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Startup Leadership Program – International mentorship program with over 100 startups participating. Startup School – Professional accelerator program for recent graduates. Ruby specialists.

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Developer Bootcamp Teaches Regular Folks To Code - and Maybe Get a Job at a Startup

ReadWriteStart

That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. The initial class, taught mostly by Bishay and a group of volunteers, produced 21 students, 15 of whom got job offers (with an average starting salary of $79,000) as developers at the end of the program.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation. Details to come.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

Friday, August 31st, 2012. Through a four month pre-seed incubator program, you can launch your dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, while not being required to quit your day job. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Disrupt SF.

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