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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. for non-diverse firms.

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Why and When to Learn to Program

Spencer Fry

The only thing without a doubt that holds true for everyone learning to program is that you must deeply want to learn. Sure, you may walk away with a better familiarity with coding syntax and general programming concepts, but that's a lot different than learning to become a programmer. Need to learn. I hope you enjoy it.

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Vital Tips For Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs During Covid-19  

YoungUpstarts

The Small Business Paycheck Protection Program provides small businesses with funds to pay up to eight weeks of payroll costs including benefits. The great news about this program is that the loan will be forgiven if it’s used in this manner, so if you’ve already let your employees go, you can bring them back and pay them using this money.

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

In 2002, the city established Medellín ACI at (Medillín ACI.org), is the Agency for Investment and Cooperation. The government creates programs to help entrepreneurs. In addition to these government programs, there are numerous incubators and accelerators throughout Colombia. Companies promote international relations.

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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

These are typically four to 12 week programs. In fact, I know a few companies that put computer science grads through these types of programs as an on boarding process. I just saw my first proposal for a Coding School Rollup. As you are probably aware, 2014 saw the explosion of coding schools all over the US.

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Opting-out of Face Recognition at Airports

Austin Startup

So, we spent a lot of money to develop a biometric entry/exit program for foreign nationals visiting the United States. What we actually got was a program that tracks foreign nationals when they enter the United States but not when they exit because that’s hard. Currently, the program is operating in several major airports like John F.

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

Let’s circle back to Latinitas’ first interaction with IBM, back to our start in 2002. We literally wrote dozens of grants, requests, and articles for Latinitasmagazine.org on that laptop, which allowed us to serve 20,000 readers a month and hundreds of girls in our after-school programs.

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