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Fresno State Student Entrepreneur Goes to White House

Campus Entrepreneurship

Mike Pronovost, a business student at Fresno State was at the White House last week with 100 young entrepreneurs. Pronovost said that when he was 17, he worked at Dan Gamel’s RV Centers as its network administrator where he learned about computer networks. “I Lean startup like story.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Seven years later, they've trained about 5,000 students and created over 1,000 new technology jobs in Fresno. And let's do that in a way that feels genuine to us."

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. I can almost hear the voice in your head: “S omething must be done!”

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

” Thanks to Jennifer Lynn Robinson, Esquire, Purposeful Networking ! #12 I love doing my first hire and implementing strategies and working until 4:00am with your whole team because there is a deadline. Our next step is to hire an employee and we look forward to creating a great job opportunity for someone in our community.