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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

A partnership of Startup Weekend , Startup America , TechStars and Udacity , Startup Weekend Next brings four weeks of amazing hands-on training learning to build your startup to cities around the world. And Udacity has put their awesome production resources behind the class and hosts the Lean LaunchPad online lectures.

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Collision Conference Finds a New Home in Toronto Canada

ReadWriteStart

While I love having conferences close to home, I was really excited to see the news that the Collision Tech Conference , considered to be one of America’s fastest-growing tech conference, is moving to Toronto, Canada in 2019. Canadian Government Sees Economic Potential. This accounts for 15% of all jobs in the region.

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What Are the Risks of Using Personal Email for Board Business?

Board Effect

In the context of governance, board directors and executives are the new targets of choice. The survey contains responses from 411 governance professionals across 11 countries in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The percentage in North America was 53% which was the highest percentage in the study.

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Understanding 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organizations

Board Effect

While all 501(c) organizations are tax-exempt, the federal government established various IRS subcodes to designate the specific type of work a nonprofit does. Overall, the 501(c)(4) organization classification benefits state and federal governments and the people they serve. Do 501c4 organizations have to disclose donors?

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Organizations such as TechVancouver and HackerNest Vancouver host tech socials and monthly meet-ups. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. Companies like SaskTech work closely with government and post-secondary institutions to help contribute to the number of qualified tech professionals.

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Startup Day Across America on August 29

Feld Thoughts

Some recent examples include the passage of legislation expanding crowdfunding under the JOBS Act and meetings similar to one hosted last month by the Global Accelerator Network in which we worked with the Small Business Administration to gather 16 accelerators to demo their programs for the White House and SBA funders.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52)