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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Specialized alumni tech networks : Accelerate Yale (which had merged into it YaleFintech and Yale Tech), Yale Science & Engineering Association. Research on high-performing cultures (e.g.,

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Can’t Decide What Business to Start? No Problem, We’ll Tell You

Up and Running

If you’re concerned about demand, talk to community leaders, churches, high schools, and your local Chamber of Commerce. Find out which areas the youth in your community need help with. Could you help children develop skills, stay off the street, and get more engaged in their own or in another community?

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries. More than 200,000 startups have already used the platform to connect with 45,000 investors.

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Engineering & Accounting Svcs. Communications. Connecticut. Connecticut. Journal Community. Journal Community. A community of WSJ readers interested in franchising news, trends and issues. Journal Community. Answers allows you to tap the knowledge of Community members. Agriculture.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. is it really that the only people who can build great startups are engineers? Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Sadly, many people in our society come from communities where they were never, or rarely, touched by their parents, family members, or friends or only experience touch through sex. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. There’s a better way. Thanks to Matt Schmidt, Diabetes Life Solutions ! Photo Credit: Grant Gordon.