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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. I kind of threw it out there to a few of the companies I was interested in partnering with,” Pronovost added. “At via The Collegian » Fresno State student entrepreneur invited to the White House.

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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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20 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

For example, as a lawyer if you are at private firm there are associates and there are partners. I love doing my first hire and implementing strategies and working until 4:00am with your whole team because there is a deadline. Thanks to Jeff and Deadrea Clemmensen, MiPhone Doctor of Fresno ! #18 They “get it.”