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LONDON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Cellframe is in full swing preparing for hackathons, where the best programmers will develop the first decentralized applications based on our platform. ....
Ashley Welch and her cofounder were finally in the room for the big break they d been working towards: a chance to pitch their tech startup to a prominent venture-capital investor. Though she was confident in her vision for the company, Welch was frustrated by her business partner s habit of talking over her. Suddenly, the investor they were pitching, Jason Calacanis, stopped the conversation. Who s the CEO? he wanted to know. I am, Welch s partner responded without skipping a beat. No, you re not, Calacanis shot back. She s the CEO. Just like that, Welch was the CEO, and her startup, a dating app called Flutter, had a $25,000 investment and the promise of at least another $25,000 to come. The quick-fire decision was classic Calacanis, in keeping with a blunt, gut-driven style that sets him apart from his peers. ....
Credits: Image courtesy of the MIT Undergraduate Association. Caption: The Banana Bunch Team, winner of Track 1, proposed several trails on campus with signposts acting as conversation starters. The trails will encourage students to explore new areas of campus and encourage socialization in a Covid-safe way. Caption: The Track 2 winning team, OK GOOGLE, proposed Beavers Incognito, a weekend-long social event with a mystery-solving component that aims to build community virtually. Credits: Image courtesy of Team OK GOOGLE. Caption: The Track 3 winner, Team JAS, aims to create a handbook to improve the virtual MIT experience. Drawing on suggestions from faculty and students, the handbook would centralize academic information and tools to foster a sense of community. ....
Founders. i m an instinct founder, so every decision i make, i have to balance it against, how do i really feel about this? if someone rubs me the wrong way, if they re not a partner for me, that s when i have to make a tough decision. congratulations to you and all the success you ve had. it s truly amazing. you ve seen this from all the early stages to being where you are. what s one piece of advice you have? my top piece of advice is to really cultivate creativity. it s so easy to just get focused on execution when you re in a really high growth environment. but you need to realize competition is fierce, things are moving so fast. so if you don t carve out that time for creativity and build that muscle of creativity within your organization, it s really easy to just get left behind. you know, i love the idea of hackathons and not just for your engineers, but for anyone. we would do them at our company, and our design team came up with ....