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Vista Equity to acquire majority stake in SaaS startup Drift, taking it to unicorn status

TechCrunch

Cancel’s parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and Cuba while Torres emigrated from Nicaragua in his teens. “I But what did appeal to the pair was the opportunity to add to the too-short list of U.S.-based based unicorns with Latin founders and serve as an inspiration for other entrepreneurs of Latin descent.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

Here’s the full list of finalists, by category with winners listed first (descriptions from T-Mo and the applicants themselves, links to their sweet little applications): “Digital empowerment”: Safe Teens Online (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) A global, youth-led peer-to-peer initiative that educates teenagers on online privacy and safety, (..)

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

In Puerto Rico and Chile, there are museums made out of posters so that kids in parks can come and visit real art—well, it’s not real art, but you’re getting access to Picasso for $5. One person commented about how he loved growing up in DC as a teen and generally using the Smithsonian as a playground.

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4 Keys to Engaging Employees in Your Company’s Matching Gifts Program

Connection Cafe

2016 took us into the teens, and 2017 ended with participation just shy of 23% (made even more significant that national median participation rates have not changed much over the past few years). And guess what? Ease of Adoption – Making the benefit easy to use is also a must.

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

The Verge

The company’s home was conspicuously absent from the list of 48 states — along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia — that are taking part in a separate investigation led by Texas. Rascally TikTok teens are trying to pull one over on the president again. Governing. ? That is not a typo.

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