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International Student Success in Tech – A CTO’s Journey

The Startup Magazine

When he was 21, he came to America to further his education and quickly earned two Masters of Science degrees – the first in Computer Science and the second in Software Engineering. Kranthi saw an opportunity to create a cloud-based system that would reduce the complexity of the admissions process into one streamlined interface.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. Some specific accelerators: 17 Incubators For Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprise.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. Cloud services. Cloud storage. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. Topics: accelerators , Bing , Bing Fund , incubators. 3 days ago.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Who will step up the way that Steve Case (founder of AOL) has done with Startup America to promote this initiative to politicians, business leaders and the press. Who’s in?

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Incubating companies. We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Incubating companies. We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.