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How Hackathons Could Save The World

Original post by Lauren Orsini via readwrite Earlier this month, LinkedIn held its third annual LinkedIn Intern Hackday. The popular event, which offers the winner a $10,000 scholarship, is packed with young people hopped up on caffeine, struggling to finish an app before the 24-hour deadline. There are a lot of silly concepts, as you’d expect from college-age […]

Kevin Colleran: Chasing Momentum Without a Viable Business Model

Original post by KEVIN COLLERAN via WSJ KEVIN COLLERAN: Most entrepreneurs will not succeed in building the next global business success story. In fact, they are even unlikely to build a business that can be self-sustaining. Yet the allure of entrepreneurship and the chance to build a product or company that changes the world is overwhelmingly motivating […]

How A 17-Year-Old Girl Won a Hackathon – And What It Means for Women in Tech

Original post by  Eliot Van Buskirk , evolver.fm At this past weekend’s TVnext Hack event, a loose consortium of geeks, hackers, and businessmen from the television and technology industries gathered in a high-rise Boston office building to compete for cash and prizes by inventing and building technologies that add to the experience of watching television. Several hacks won prizes […]

Startup Clinic for Startups and Mentors at the CASS Business School

Ten mentors were on hand to advise four startups who pitched at the Startup Clinic last Tuesday, 09th July 2013, at the CASS Business School in London, .  The event included presentations, mentoring and a networking cocktail hour. Emerging entrepreneurs face an unusually fast-moving and competitive business environment.  This is mostly due to the speed […]