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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 are the founders of a company called Bitwise. They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. I am the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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26 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Indira Hodzic, Image Spa Encinitas, California ! #8- Thanks to Jennifer Q Williams, Saint Louis Closet Co. ! #9- CoinCorner is just over 5 years old now and keeping motivated over the years, not only for myself, but my co-founders and team, has been challenging at times. That alone gives me drive.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other detriments to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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