Jeremy Brown is the Founder of the philanthropy initiative Startups Give Back (www.startupsgiveback.org). Twitter: @socialjeremy.
$41 Billion. $15 Billion. $11 Billion. These are the valuations for Uber, Snapchat, and Pinterest. That’s a lot of pocket change. With valuations like that, no wonder everyone under the sun is clamoring to start a business. In fact, entrepreneurship is on the rise in…
The startup life isn’t easy for idea-stage entrepreneurs or for seasoned veterans. The uncertainty and risk involved in entrepreneurship can kick even the most established player down a notch. And it can often be a long and lonely road filled with obstacles that would…
It’s no secret, the tech world has a bit of a diversity problem. We’ve seen several large tech companies have release their workforce diversity numbers and, needless to say, those numbers caused quite a stir. The question is, what can be done to make tech more…
Industry trends indicate that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million computing jobs available. On the surface this sounds great, but there’s a problem. According to Code.org, colleges will only graduate 400,000 computer science student by 2020. That translates to 2.4 percent of students graduating…
According to Google for Entrepreneurs’ Twitter account, Google is giving $1 million to 40 organizations around the world to create events, programs, and training to increase the amount of women in startups by 25 percent. Tech startups are notoriously male-heavy, but over the past…
