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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. That thesis to us, doesn't feel controversial.

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