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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

I’ve been heads down working with K9 portfolio companies and spending my time running HiHello as the co-founder and CEO of that company. The name of the candidate will often be very American-sounding. This is true not only of the first name but also the last name of the candidate. Like a lot, a lot.

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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

Hearpreneur

Prior to 4Geeks Academy, Ricigliano was the CEO for Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latin America by Forbes. Prior to 4Geeks Academy, I was the CEO of Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latinamerica by Forbes.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

See some alumni locations below: Lula: Miami, Florida. Instead, the sole goal of the program is results , namely: Demonstrably advancing a startup towards true product-market fit. We’re also including facilitated, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, tactical experts, and portfolio founders. We’re upping our offering!

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12 Questions: Meet Maximilian (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

Max lives and works in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. How does a central European expatriate (yes, that would be ME) end up in one of the dullest cities in the USA (yes, that would be Jacksonville, Florida)? Do you prefer visual creativity or coming up with a great new name or. Please tell us about yourself. Who, …ME?

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From Blue Collar To Millionaire… You Can Too

YoungUpstarts

I owed my mom a lot of money for my plane ticket and only had $100 to my name, but I felt like a millionaire! I sold my part back to Virgil for $20,000 and moved my family to Florida, not only to be close to family and away from the blasted cold, but to buy my cousin’s ex-husband’s FedEx route. I always have been.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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The Potential for Fraud Caused by the Unnecessary Mystery of the Family Office World

This is going to be BIG.

Karabel would be delighted to meet with you for breakfast/lunch or drinks at The University Club in NYC during his upcoming visit to (NYC/CT Feb 26 - March 1st) or in south Florida (Palm Beach/Boca/Miami) area. They list portfolio companies—companies whose investors you can see listed on Crunchbase and other sites.

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