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BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital

TechCrunch

It’s the second grant that the company has taken from the NSF and is an example of how startups can turn to government funding for capital and avoid some of the pitfalls of fundraising from venture capital. What the Magic Leap story shows is that companies don’t need to take venture capital to make it.

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Firefly’s Alpha rocket detonated by Space Force during first launch

The Verge

Alpha, a two-stage rocket standing ten stories tall, lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California at 9:59PM ET on Thursday, aiming to send a payload of tiny private satellites to space at no charge to the owners. Stay tuned to the NSF youtube channel for the full video. Video: Firefly Alpha's in-flight anomaly.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

In our recent stories on how TechSoup employees are using apps , we found an incredible array of work-related things people are doing on their phones. As an example, the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that by not commuting, each NSF teleworker reclaims an average of 62 hours of their lives back and saves $1,201 a year.

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Faith Ringgold: 30 Years of Art-Making and Activism and Video Clip on Women Artists

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her talk was inspiring and often humorous, sharing her stories to illustrate her life's work as an artist, activist, author, teacher, and parent. She has created sculpture, mosaics, paintings, stories, and children's stories and coloring books. Could you write a story? Could you draw a picture?

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Hatch, a neobank for SMBs, launches with $20M in funding from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Foundation and Plaid’s founders

TechCrunch

The fintech’s Hatch Business Checking accounts cost $10 a month, don’t charge non-sufficient funds (NSF) or overdraft fees and includes cashback offers. I think a lot of what I appreciate about Square’s mission of economic empowerment for small businesses also really resonated with my own family story,” he said. “My

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

But that's only part of the story. Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation. Mostly, institutions move away from idiosyncrasy on their own accord.

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Quickie Links: Surveys, Transcripts, and a Strange Bedfellow

Museum 2.0

I was going to wrap a nice story and post around each of these but decided to just get the information out there.

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