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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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14 EO Members Share The Best Thing About Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Freedom to succeed or fail on my own accord (though failure is just another opportunity). Education changed my life. That is why I support university education of young women. I believe in the transformative power of education. Opportunity to Fix What’s Broken. Freedom to set my own goals, vision and mission.

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Creative ways to earn money in difficult times

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Markets take a turn, opportunities disappear, and unforeseen circumstances prevent us from being able to follow through with business as usual. This is an opportunity to come out stronger and more resilient — and to get creative. Adaptability is the key to survival in an ever-changing world. One popular example is Udemy.

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Which software consultants do startups love to work with?

TechCrunch

Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Consultant: Appetiser Apps. Consultant: Aloa. ” Consultant: Ajmera InfoTech. Consultant: Cultum. Consultant: ManagedKube.

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Welcome, SourceLink Nebraska!

Source Link

SourceLink Ne braska is now a statewide platform that anyone can use to search for nonprofit, education, and government resources related to entrepreneurship, economic and community development. Solving statewide community opportunities. Worth the wait. A wealth of resources is right.

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Talking to a VC About Your Competitors

Both Sides of the Table

Because if you’re truly that early / novel there’s a good chance that you’re too early and will spend lots of time / money educating the market. The “competition slide&# of your investment deck is such a great opportunity to talk about how you’re positioned (premium product vs. economical product?

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. MBA fine, but not required.

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