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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Prior to founding Andela , he co-founded 2U , an education technology startup that went public in 2014. That kicked off this long conversation about how you might try to leverage this evolution of education technology to create scalable impact in places where tuition couldn’t be the driver of growth.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Prior to founding Andela , he co-founded 2U , an education technology startup that went public in 2014. That kicked off this long conversation about how you might try to leverage this evolution of education technology to create scalable impact in places where tuition couldn’t be the driver of growth.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I made that comment at Div Hackathon, a yearly diversity hackathon at Huston-Tillotson University (an HBCU and the first institute of higher-education in Austin, TX), during SXSW to introduce Black and Brown kids to the technology industry.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Sample @ Hypergiant Over the past five years, the tech industry has pushed the implementation of conversational intelligence, but actual execution presents several challenges. This will no doubt be a lively conversation that fiercely debates diverse investment approaches. From Basic Bot to Extraordinary AI” with C.K. Technologist C.K.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was. We are committed to delivering affordable and convenient bookings to our customers anywhere in Nigeria.

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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

We had a conversation. How do you have that conversation? How do you hire? I’m on there as a mentor, and I’m mentoring a guy in Nigeria, who’s starting a business. Unless you are a technology company like us, you’re probably not monitoring those things. Time to purchase, conversion rates, those kinds of things.

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THINK. TECH. DISCOVER.

Austin Startup

Now we see weird case of designer from Nigeria collaborating with APP developer from Romania building a product which Intellectual Property is registered in Netherlands and LLC registered in Boston. Viva Technology : Open Innovation Platform with many challenges and startup events where you can pitch, compete and exhibit.

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