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I launched a startup with my mom

The Next Web

I was a second-year in college on my way to the library at the University of Chicago; she was back in Miami, where our company is based. What I began to realize is that my Mom’s proposal wasn’t out of the blue. It was August 2013 when my co-founder at SportsManias called to tell me that we had raised $1 million in angel funding.

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Bitcoin’s bid to become the “one chain to rule them all”

TechCrunch

The Bitcoin 2022 conference brought over 25,000 attendees to Miami last month to discuss the future of the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Stacks , formerly known as BlockStack, plays a crucial role in expanding use cases for Bitcoin. Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Stacks Image Credits: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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Bikes can be a tool for protest — and police brutality

The Verge

Trek CEO John Burke posted a stem-winding statement on his company’s website last week outlining a series of proposals he believes will help ameliorate the problem of police brutality and racism but made no mention of images of police wielding Trek bikes to intimidate protesters.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Association of Donor Relations Professionals / Miami, FL / TBD. Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference. Finance / @nysscpa.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. Finance / @southwestfdns. 40th Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference. 40th Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $480. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

Candid

The plan includes a proposal to allocate $109 billion for two years of free community college for all Americans, including Dreamers. . In this blog, we examine who the players are in this space and look at what this funding picture means in relation to President Biden’s free community college proposal. . Their largest grant of $16.5

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Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on how to get self-driving taxis to the mall

The Verge

But first, you’re new to the co-CEO role. He was the CTO before this role. You mentioned NHTSA, they’ve got a proposed standard for crash reporting out of autonomous vehicles. You only started in April. And a co-CEO used to be an unusual arrangement; now it’s kind of a trendy arrangement. I was the COO.