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Crowdsourcing Hope With Online Donation Platform GoFundMe

YoungUpstarts

San-Diego, California-based GoFundMe essentially is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. But crowdsourcing donations, however – like trying to raise funds for victims of a natural disaster or a child fighting cancer – has been near impossible.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.