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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 started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

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Not being caught up in a corporate management structure gives me the freedom and agility to be at the top of our game. You often are required to go through several layers of management in the attempt to properly take care of a customer’s issue. 11 – Entrepreneur Community. It’s the most rewarding feeling.

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My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

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Re-connecting I work from home and since I live in Fresno I don’t get out much. – I attend community events for exactly this reason – a way to recharge the batteries abit. #5 4 Brad Osterloo on 10.27.09 5 Eric on 10.29.09 at 4:30 pm I went to DC DevDays this past Monday. Ditto to Jorge on “I felt old&#.