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Techrides: How Learning to Code Changed These Young Adults' Lives

"It taught me to have grit, and to always want more." Five million young adults in the U.S. do not have a stable career pathway to well-paid jobs. Meanwhile, 12 million jobs that require post-secondary education will go unfilled in the next decade. Year Up is a

social media

Going Beyond the Post: Taking Advantage of Social Media's Newer Features

Social media is at the top of the priority list for most marketing departments these days. This is especially true for startups, given the low costs associated with organic social media when compared to more traditional (potentially less-effective) marketing techniques. However most businesses’ social strategy still sticks with tweets, Facebook

coding bootcamp

The Smartest Ways to Pay For A Coding Bootcamp

One of the most challenging, and least fun, aspects of going back to school to transition careers is figuring out just how you’re going to pay for it. For a bootcamp, like any school, you’ll of course have the option of borrowing money. However, if you’re wary

Ben Dyer

Been There, Done That, Here to Help: What Does An EIR Really Do?

As the first Entrepreneur in Residence for an Atlanta law firm, I get asked often — what does an EIR do? EIR’s are most commonly successful entrepreneurs whom, not ready to retire, become adjunct university professors — professors with expertise relevant to a syllabus, engaged on a non-tenure-track basis. This unique

TechCrunch Disrupt

Has the Valley Peaked? Lessons from a Southern Dispatch at TechCrunch Disrupt

I just got back from a week on the west coast. A long weekend with the family, followed by investor meetings, partnership meetings, and three days of the annual startup conference, TechCrunch Disrupt. SF was its usual self. Sunny, cool, partially-grungy and absolutely booming (also, surprisingly scooter-free). In the tech

mental wellness

How to Start Silencing the Shame On Entrepreneurs' Mental Wellness Challenges

The peaks of entrepreneurship are stuff of legends — landing big funding rounds, signing a monster client, a huge buyout, a successful IPO, the list goes on in the dreams of all would-be founders. But what doesn't get celebrated, or often even acknowledged, is that the lows are likely

Techrides

Techrides: Three Crypto-Enthusiasts Enter A Self-Driving Tesla

"All the normal types of payments that you can imagine that people do, they do using bitcoin." Cryptocurrency is still a mystery to many; blockchain a baffler. To decrypt these topics, Edwin Marcial, host of Techrides, takes a self-driving Tesla ride with three crypto-experts. This episode features Marc