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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

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But of course all of these things are intertwined. It’s a new year – 2016. We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. We like to hire people and fund people who are deeply ethical and we try to be long-term in our investment thinking.

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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

Tech.Co

Don't forget the pizza parties and deskside beers funded by a seemingly endless stream of venture capitalist money, either. It even banned the consumption of alcohol in the office in 2016, as well as fornicating in stairwells. But, there have still been opportunities to get into the office, as local guidelines allow in each location.”

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

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Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable. And there is often competition over marketing activities, fund raising ownership and the like. So I find that less “management” happens at these firms.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Planning and dealing with extra-ordinary events: M&A, fund raising, crises. You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights. As You Start to Mature. How to build a great forecast.

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