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Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify

TechCrunch

City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here! Boston has always had a robust university-to-startup pipeline, but the last decade has supercharged it, as well as student aspirations to found the next unicorn, change the world, or do both at the same time. Register for the free virtual event here.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In quick succession I met the medical director who oversees the doctors in the hospital, and then the hospital CEO, Dr. Sam Thenya. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. Bookshare was there with two offers.

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Portland passes strongest facial recognition ban in the US

The Verge

Photo by: Visions of America/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Other cities such as Boston , San Francisco , and Oakland have passed laws barring public institutions from using facial recognition, but Portland is the first to prohibit private use. “We

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VC Kerty Levy discusses the Northeast seed market

TechCrunch

It’s no secret that funding is harder to come by in this economy, and that’s just one reason why we’re thrilled that Kerty Levy, managing director at Techstars, will share her expertise at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. What will the funding scene in these major metropolitan areas look like this year?

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John Schreiber Joins Board of Directors

Givinga

We are excited to announce the appointment of former InfoArmor CEO John Schreiber to our Board of Directors. Prior to InfoArmor, he helped lead Boston-based equity hedge fund Granite Point Capital as partner for nearly six years. The post John Schreiber Joins Board of Directors appeared first on Givinga.

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Tasseled wants to help college students get their lives, and credits, together

TechCrunch

When Vipul Patel lost half of his college credits while transferring from Florida Institute of Technology to Boston University, he began digging for answers. Patel soon stumbled upon equivalency tables , where universities track which courses from other institutions can be counted for credit during a transfer process.

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Don’t go it alone: Incubators and accelerators help build lifelong relationships

TechCrunch

Speaking at TechCrunch Early Stage Boston last week, Matt Segneri, the executive director at the Harvard Innovation Labs , highlighted the importance of finding peers and mentors to go with you on your startup journey, and incubators and accelerators can help build those crucial relationships.