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How Technology Helps Today’s Nonprofits Succeed — Starting in the Boardroom

Board Effect

In a column on how much time board members should commit , Nick Marzano, board president at Young Involved Philadelphia, describes ideal “working board” members as “ride-or-dies, not just advisors.” BoardEffect , a Diligent solution, is the leader in providing innovative boardroom technology to nonprofit organizations.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Sapient

Austin Startup

Instead, an idea for smart outlets, conceived while he was still a student at University of Pennsylvania, evolved into Sapient Industries, based in Philadelphia, Penn., Operational inefficiency due to lack of information and control. and launched in April 2017. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Why Radical Humility is Key to Success

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Or I'm the security guard, or excuse me, the janitor and my wife's mother is dying of cancer, but now she can live because she can get the operation. And in our group, they sign a pledge that says they're going to operate with certain principles. You're my hero.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

Incorporate on any other day and you’ll be looking at filling out two business income tax returns for that year (one for the months when you were operating as a sole proprietor, and the second for those months after your incorporation became effective). work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device com.

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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet

www.founderinstitute.com

The only science and technology-focused comprehensive university located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Harrisburg University’s academic mission is to create, to attract and to expand economic opportunities in the region. Think of it as “shared office space meets incubator meets entrepreneurial club-house.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. I live in Philadelphia, we have an amazing Score chapter here, so you want to seek out someone to help you to just … Sometimes you just need somebody to help you think through things and I have found that the Score chapters around the country are amazing resources.