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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

A finalist in Payment and FinTech Technology category, Pawame is lighting up rural communities in Africa with clean, affordable and reliable solar home systems. Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Our clients, too, place their trust in the Resume Pilots team to manage a critical component of their job search with the end goal of getting them where they want to be in their careers. I chose Income Solutions Wealth Management to tell a story. Browning, Income Solutions Wealth Management ! #11- 5- Two ways. Thanks to Lance A.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Apply in the sky - impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Apply in the sky – impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

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Backing someone pre-pitch: The story of how I backed Clubhouse

This is going to be BIG.

It was also right around that time when I started CTO School--a small five session series on how to go from being a developer to a technical leader, which blossomed into a not only a very active meetup , but also gave birth to a great conference series as well. Jordan Crook's comparison to Clubhouse as Salesforce for developers is spot on.

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7 Highlights from Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, if a chief executive officer manages the daily operation, a chief entrepreneur heads up innovation efforts. And the chief entrepreneur has a staff of chief portfolio manager, chief venture capitalist, and chief risk officer, right? I've never done that before.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

This quote is from Oleg Vishnepolsky the global CTO at DailyMail Online and Metro.co.uk. He writes often on the topics of leadership, management and growth, but this quote struck me. My favorite business quote comes from NBA legend Michael Jordan, he stated ‘Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.’