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First LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum Gathers DFW Community for Inspiring Conversations

Austin Startup

We’re proud to be working with local leaders to develop more consistent LGBTQ+ community events that extend well beyond Pride Month. Fireside Chat Joel’s keynote was followed by a special discussion plus a Q&A with Stacey Stevenson and moderated by Minh Vu, our Senior Programs Coordinator. Check out our photo album.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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Co-founder Passionate About High-quality Pre-school Programs

Hearpreneur

There, she saw the lack of high-quality early education programs in the Miami area. Together, they wanted to create an impact on society by providing a quality early childhood education program. Small franchise company with open communication with the franchise corporate team. We provide teachers 7.5 New York and the Carolinas.

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Tech-Business Divide - A Call To Arms

Seeing Both Sides

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. Recently, Disney was seen scoping out space in Kendall Square to set up a research lab.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Inspired in Zimbabwe The founders of Zimride were inspired by drivers in Zimbabwe, who pick up strangers and give them a lift for a few bucks. Thats real money."

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

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The Story Of A Young Entrepreneur Building A Better World With A Nonprofit

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Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. Sounds like a great program, doesn't it? I'm very ambitious.