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Code Club UK celebrates its first birthday, invites the whole world to the party

The Next Web

We’ve had people contact us from all over the globe asking us if they can set up a Code Club in their country,” Clare Sutcliffe, founder of Code Club, said. Since its introduction more than 800 Code Clubs have sprung up around the country. We’re a small operation here in the UK, so we’ve been unable to support anyone outside the UK.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

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Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Key Insights. Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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Q&A with Mangrove VC partner Michael Jackson: “You don’t build code at a party”

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One of the biggest names behind Luxembourg-based Mangrove is Michael Jackson. SA: How important is time to founders? MJ: As an individual, you are entering a period of life as a startup founder when you are going to spend two or three years working extremely hard if you are going to make it worthwhile. But time is precious.

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