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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum

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Please join us for the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum. The post Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Amy and I have helped underwrite this event from our Anchor Point Foundation.

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Mentors 18/18: Have Empathy. Remember That Startups Are Hard

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During one of the Techstars Boston cohorts where I’ve been Mentor-in-Residence, I worked with a 20-something CEO founder (code named Mary) who, shortly after raising a seed round of several million dollars, hired a high-powered exec, granting a significant equity option.

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Looking For A Startup Job in Boulder – Come to TechStars Smackdown

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The event starts with a panel of entrepreneurs that will answer questions about what it means to work for a startup – common questions such as salary levels, equity versus salary compensation, work/life balance, and job security.

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The Proposed SEC Rules Undermine The Goal Of The JOBS Act

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A number of the provisions have been slow to get written into law and the SEC has missed their deadlines on a bunch of stuff, including the often talked about equity crowdfunding activity. However, Fred, and many others, missed the new proposed Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156 under the Securities Act.

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What Software Was Used To Create Everlater?

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A few days later, the exploration shifted from simply finding and poking around in the various languages (most notably Ruby/Rails, PHP/CakePHP/CodeIgniter, Python/Django, ColdFusion,net, and Java), to figuring out the salient points in the debate: speed, ease of use, active development of the platform, security, and cost.

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Foundry Group Next

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For the past 13 years, Lindel Eakman has been the head of UTIMCO’s private equity group. And to make the the lawyers in our lives happy, we need to say that in no way is this blog post an offer to sell securities or an advertisement of us raising a new fund. Fortunately we knew exactly who we wanted to work on this project.