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Fiveable Is Enabling College Success for All High School Students
When students take and pass AP courses, they can save as much as $19,000 in college tuition and other costs. Unfortunately, many students lack both access to AP courses as well as support outside of the classroom, which can greatly improve students’ course completion and test outcomes. Amanda DoAmaral, the
Kalyan Enables Stress-Free Food Allergy Management
When Alma and Evelyn’s son, Kalyan, was born they noticed irregularities with his skin and he was scratching to the point of injuring himself. After numerous trips to the pediatrician and being told everything was alright, Evelyn remembered Alma had been diagnosed a few months before with a milk allergy.
How to Get Seed Funding for Your Tech Startup by Thinking Like an Investor
Fundraising seed capital for your startup is a pain, right? You don’t really know what investors are looking for or what chances you have to raise the money you need. In this article, I’m going to walk you through how investors think about your investment. Now, every investor is different,
The most important thing you can do as a founder of an early-stage startup
I had the pleasure to attend a great panel discussion put on by Strawberry Creek Ventures and Castor Ventures, firms that invest in Berkeley and MIT alumni respectively. The two panelists were both fantastic entrepreneurs working on genuinely world-changing solutions, and over the course of the evening, they recounted their entrepreneurial journey.
Getting VC funding without a huge network or diploma from Stanford
The other day I met a very charismatic, intelligent, and driven young man at a venture capital summit in Silicon Valley. He had a compelling vision for an app that both solved a pressing social problem and had great commercial promise. He floated around the room striking up conversations with
Should you look for a co-founder or raise capital?
I recently read a question on Reddit by an individual who was having difficulty finding a co-founder and asked whether she should first try to get funding, which would allow her to hire the team member that she needs. If you’re in a similar situation, my answer might offer a helpful