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Series D and Looking Forward

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足球竞彩网 Assembly started as a small project in the heart of NYC¡ªwe set out to build a community of entrepreneurs and creators in our city¡¯s burgeoning ecosystem. I¡¯m in awe of the evolution we¡¯ve seen take place¡ªin 5 years we¡¯ve become a global organization, now equipping tens of thousands of students with the skills they need to succeed in the new economy.

At this time of great debate around the future of higher education and workforce development, our worldwide team has succeeded in creating and scaling a model solely focused on bridging education to employment. But we are even more ambitious about our future goals: To make a visible dent in the skills gap, clearly connecting education and employment to show an ROI positive model of higher education, and build our alumni community into one of the most powerful professional networks in the world.

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3 Ways to Get More Meaning from Data

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For many people, data feels like an avalanche of information. No matter how proficient we are with Excel, statistical software, SQL, or Google Analytics, it¡¯s often tough to know where and how to take your first steps. Should you create a chart? Should you try to find a correlation between the trend you¡¯re observing and revenue? How do you know whether your findings are statistically significant¡ªand for that matter, what the heck is statistical significance?

At the end of the day, these questions are less intimidating than they seem. Data is a tool that human beings created for other human beings. As a result, it¡¯s up to you to create your own constraints for analysis. You choose your terms. You choose the questions you want to answer. You choose the techniques that you want to deploy. You¡¯re in control.

Here are three tips to help you wrangle your next report.

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The Simulated Startup: Meet the Innovative Startups Inside Mammoth Companies

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MasterCard employee demonstrates ShopThis! with MasterPass which will allow consumers to buy products directly from Intel¡¯s Virtual Shopping Experience ¨C a fully interactive 3-D virtual fitting room app at MasterCard¡¯s Innovation Showcase event.

¡°Agile methodology,¡± ¡°failing fast,¡± ¡°pivoting¡±¡ªall concepts commonly used in startups¡ªare increasingly being put to work inside the walls of large, well-established companies. This is because executives at Fortune 500 companies have realized that the natural limitations that face startups¡ªlimitations on time and financial resources¡ªcan actually be boons, resulting in fresh ideas and fast execution.

So a handful of large public companies, including 足球竞彩网 Electric (GE) and MasterCard, have created startups within their own mammoth companies. In 2013, GE created FastWorks, an internal startup entity. Its mission was to develop products using the ¡°lean startup¡± approach, codified by Eric Ries in his book, The Lean Startup. (This means constantly experimenting and regularly getting feedback from customers to avoid building products that customers don¡¯t want.)

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How To build an MVP in 60 days

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After a failed attempt at starting?a carpool company between 2011 and 2013 in Beijing, I found myself back in the States job searching for startup gigs in the Greater Seattle Area.

Having graduated from the University of Washington with a non-computer science degree, many technical positions were often out of reach.

So during my job search, I started working on a side project?to brush up on my technical skills; and I decided that if I was going to build something, it had to fit the following?criteria:

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Uncover The Top 10 Quotes from Peter Thiel¡¯s Book, ¡°Zero to One¡±

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It¡¯s hard to pinpoint exactly what tech billionaire Peter Thiel is most famous for. Co-founding PayPal with Max Levchin? Launching Clarium Capital or Palantir Technologies? Early-stage investments in notable?startups like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tesla? Or perhaps it’s his contrarian views on education, science, and technology.

No matter which of his accomplishments you deem?most note-worthy ¡ª they have certainly solidified Thiel?as one of the greatest?entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and original thinkers?of?our time.

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Expand Your Library: Announcing Our New Book Series

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GA_Books_FrontsAt 足球竞彩网 Assembly we’re always finding new ways to evolve?our offerings and grow?our global community of individuals?empowered to pursue the work they love. To that end, we’re thrilled to announce that?the?first two volumes of our new, original book series, The Practitioner¡¯s Guide, have been published.

In this series,?you’ll get an introductory overview¡ªincluding first-hand accounts, lessons learned, and useful advice¡ªfrom seasoned professionals working in the most relevant fields of the 21st century.

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足球竞彩网 Learning Is a Boon for Small Towns and Small Startups

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Depot Town, Michigan. Image source: Cmadler via Wikimedia Commons

In today¡¯s virtual world, the next great business idea need not come from California¡¯s Silicon Valley or New York City¡¯s Silicon Alley. It could come from a silicon cornfield, digital bayou, or mobile rustbelt in any one of thousands of tiny rural regions or small towns across America, towns that may have lost a past glory or never thrived because of a lack of employment opportunities. With online learning programs offering the ability to train adults to do in-demand careers, people throughout the country now have the same inroads to specialized learning and potential innovation available to residents of big cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and Boston.

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A Guide For Non-Technical Startup Founders In Need of Web Development

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As one of the partners of a Ruby on Rails software development agency, I speak with dozens of non-technical startup founders every week who are in various stages of building their first web or mobile application.?The range of technical acumen, willingness to learn, and time and resources varies widely among the group.

As a firm,?we¡¯re not just competing with other NYC based agencies for their business, but also offshore devshops, freelancers, and in some cases, the prospective client who may want to execute internally.

At the end of the day, a non-technical founder who has decided?that they must build something has two options: Pay someone else, or partner with people.?Below are the pros and cons.

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10 Blogs Written For Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs

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Starting a company is hard, and finding reliable advice along the way can be even harder. There are thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers who claim to be experts, churning out new business advice every day, but how can you trust that it¡¯s advice worth taking?

We¡¯ve compiled a list of some of our favorite business blogs written by startup founders for aspiring entrepreneurs. These resources offer practical advice that is bound to keep you well-informed and inspired as you follow your business dreams.

Related Story: 11 Success Entrepreneurs That You Should Be Following on Twitter

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Learn From the Best: Most Inspiring CEOs To Follow on LinkedIn

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It’s Official: LinkedIn has emerged to claim its place as the better-dressed, networking-savvy big brother of all social media platforms. Although you may already appreciate?the site for its infinite utility?during a job search, there’s even?more to be gleaned by following the influential and thought-provoking CEOs who come there to share their wisdom.

Although fewer?than 1/3 of Top 500 CEOs use?social media, according to Forbes, those that do are overwhelmingly active on LinkedIn.?Even more telling, the site is actually more popular with CEOs than it is with the general public.

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