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Which Edtech Accelerator Is Right for You?

October 22, 2015 by

October 22, 2015

Which Edtech Accelerator Is Right for You?

The AT&T Aspire Accelerator is unique in that it ...

Kapor Capital Welcomes Mandela Schumacher-Hodge As Its Portfolio Services Director

October 21, 2015 by

October 21, 2015

Kapor Capital Welcomes Mandela Schumacher-Hodge As Its Portfolio Services Director

As part of a comprehensive effort to create a more ...

New Technology Can Diversify Applicants and Overcome Bias

October 19, 2015 by

October 19, 2015

The New York Times

New Technology Can Diversify Applicants and Overcome Bias

Let’s be real: We live in a fundamentally unfair ...

Top VCs target $7 trillion senior-care market

October 12, 2015 by

October 12, 2015

Top VCs target $7 trillion senior-care market

Aging 2.0 start-ups have their own star backers, too. Mitch Kapor, ...

#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Promoting diversity by challenging preconceptions

September 26, 2015 by

September 26, 2015

#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Promoting diversity by challenging preconceptions

"As the [ad] campaign demonstrates, engineers 'look like' America," said ...

Confirmed: Uber is buying a huge office space in Oakland

September 23, 2015 by

September 23, 2015

Confirmed: Uber is buying a huge office space in Oakland

"The thing that is particularly exciting is that Oakland not ...

Uber’s major expansion into Oakland, Calif., ushers in hope, concern

September 23, 2015 by

Uber’s major expansion into Oakland, Calif., ushers in hope, concern

Oakland technology entrepreneurs and philanthropists Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor ...

Uber will change Oakland, but will Oakland change Uber?

September 23, 2015 by

The San Francisco Chronicle

Uber will change Oakland, but will Oakland change Uber?

Oakland’s best chance to preserve its soul — and give ...

Making Classrooms Work for All Our Students

September 21, 2015 by

September 21, 2015

New America Media

Making Classrooms Work for All Our Students

We are entering a new age of Edtech. As Silicon ...

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