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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Gust

Startups that try to mix a non-profit entity with a for-profit entity to share resources don’t work, and scare off investors. Later in the pitch, you can show that you are not a one-trick pony by prioritizing related solutions in your long-term plan. Solve one problem really well. Limited goals and priorities.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. At it’s peak AOL had about 27 million US subscribers.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.

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Employers are consumer edtech’s next beta test

TechCrunch

The platforms, which mix entertainment and education, have an unconventional value proposition. Outschool, an after-school enrichment platform for kids, is betting that working parents could use some extra help keeping their children engaged. Today, over 100 companies, including Alto Pharmacy, Mursion and Twitter, use Outschool.

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Penn State Startup, RealForests, Took Home Some Real Cash!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at the Technology Center on Innovation Blvd in State College, each team pitched their business concept to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000! The cohort represented an exciting mix of target markets.

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

TechCrunch

The new funding will be used to further expand the reach of its online courses. Kodland’s latest tranche of funding — which brings its total raised to date to $11 million — will be used for market expansion, with courses in a further eight languages planned over the next two years. Ireland, the U.S.,

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5

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