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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

We’ve chosen the Gates Foundation in the past and will continue to choose organizations that enhance healthcare around the globe, reduce extreme poverty, and give children access to education and technology. 13- Funding technology initiatives. 16- Hosting educational seminars. Thanks to Jean Gregoire, Lovebox ! #10-

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

We host intensive programs for adults who want to “learn to code” and also do a lot of work with kids, helping provide earlier exposure to computer programming and getting them excited about the wild world of tech. Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC.

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NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing

Feld Thoughts

Several years ago on a Saturday I found myself at Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte. I was attending the second National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Awards for Aspirations in Computing event. Offer a scholarship or host an award. Here’s an easy way to encourage a student to apply.

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Telstra Sets Up Startup Accelerator muru-D In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D.

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Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA

fi.co

We aim to help launch 1,000 technology companies per year in over 50 cities worldwide. Dave will be hosting a free Startup Ideation Bootcamp on Thursday, Feb 23rd in Redmond, where he will work with attendees hands-on to improve their ideas. Globalizing Silicon Valley - See the Worldwide Schedule - Lead a Local Chapter. -->.

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NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

Feld Thoughts

I had an amazing day on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. I attended the Bank of America Technology Stars of the Future awards ceremony for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. If you’ve been following along on this blog, you know that I’m chairman of NCWIT (the National Center for Women & Information Technology ).

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Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

Rather than build an app entirely with native or HTML5 technology, why not mix and match the technologies? Clearly, developing portions of the user experience in two or more different technologies has some downsides. The illustration above shows the technologies used to draw each portion of the screen. (