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8×8, Inc. Ranked #1 on Infonetics Research Sixth Annual 'North American …
8×8, Inc. Ranked #1 on Infonetics Research Sixth Annual 'North American …
8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), a provider of cloud-based unified communications, contact center and collaboration solutions, today announced it has earned the #1 ranking in the Infonetics Research sixth annual “North America Business VoIP Service Leadership …
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Rio Alto Mining Limited: Corporate Update
Each of the matters voted upon at the Meeting is discussed in detail in the Company's Management Information Circular dated April 11, 2014, a copy of which being available on the Company's website and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The voting results for …
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Leading Miami Marketing Firm Names New President & CEO
He has been active in South Florida civic, business and philanthropic endeavors, having served on the University of Miami Citizens Board, the Board of Directors of the Association For Corporate Growth, the Young Leadership Council of the Greater Miami …
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All American Valley General Store: Proprietor Runs Business With an Eye to the …
All American Valley General Store: Proprietor Runs Business With an Eye to the …
Her idea to create a community-centered destination that brings together local residents, farmers, out-of-town visitors and artists in one shop truly brings back the atmosphere of the general stores of old, where everyone could find goods and …
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UN Women Canada, Women Ambassadors of Ottawa and the Parliament …
Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. Related; Print; Email; Feedback; Add This; Blog This … Is Your Business 100% Ready for the New Era of Cloud Computing and Big Data? The Only Enterprise IT Event in 2013 Covering …
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KEI Honors Korean American Leaders in Business and Entrepeneurship
Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 13, 2014
The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) hosted its seventh annual Korean American Day celebration, a high-level gathering of public and private sector leaders from across the United States on January 13, 2014.
As part of the ceremony, KEI recognizes prominent Korean Americans that have made significant contributions to the United States and to the global community. At this year’s celebration, KEI President & CEO Donald Manzullo recognized 2008 Korean American Day Shinae Chun, former Director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor, who passed away in October 2013. KC Chun and Toby Chun, husband and son of Shinae, read the congressional resolution marking January 13 as Korean American Day.
This year’s celebration honored leaders in business and entrepreneurship:
Simon Lee, Founder of STG Inc.
Michael Yang, Co-Founder of mySimon.com and Become.com
Sarah Paiji, Co-Founder of Snapette
During a panel with ABC7’s Kathy Park, the honorees spoke about their background and experience as well as offered advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. While Simon Lee of STG discussed the importance of perseverance, and to “never give up”; all panelists agreed that in order to be truly successful, one must take risks.
The taking of risks was noted by Keynote Speaker Sean Mulvaney of the Export-Import Bank of the United States who stated:
“Each of today’s awardees have taken risks and overcome adversity. Each has demonstrated tremendous business acumen in generating ideas and taking them to market successfully. In short, you have modeled the way for your peers in the Korean American community.”
U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly also congratulated the honorees on their successes and highlighted how the Republic of Korea and the United States are so close not only as nations, but as peoples.
This was echoed by Republic of Korea Ambassador Ahn Ho-young who looked forward to learning from the three honorees and discussed how they are contributing towards the next cycle of the 60 years alliance between the United States and Republic of Korea.
While each of the honorees discussed their plans for the future, they also talked about the challenges that they faced.
After much personal tragedy, Simon Lee emphasized how he was able to draw strength from his hardship. Having lost his parents at an early age, he attributes his achievements to his older brother who provided funding for his early education. Discussing the importance of hard work, Mr. Lee said that when he first moved to the United States, he felt that eight hours a day of work was not giving enough and that is how he began to create STG.
As one of the first Korean Americans to create a successful dot com company, Michael Yang co-founded mySimon.com, later acquired by CNET, and also co-founded Become.com, an e-commerce website. Raising the challenges that potential entrepreneurs face, he noted just how difficult it is to succeed as a startup. Some of these challenges include raising capital and finding people with the right skills. Even then, successful startups are unlikely to either go public or be bought out.
Emphasizing how mobile technology and social media are changing the shape of business, Sarah Paiji brought up how she worked to build a company servicing an untapped market. While Yelp and other on-line sources help provide reviews for restaurants or other products, Snapette helps match consumer interests with available products and potential sales.
One interesting insight on how entrepreneurship is evolving is the growing role of social media in venture capitalism. While at Harvard Business School, Ms. Paiji was reached via Twitter by a prominent venture capitalist who had wanted to make her tweet a reality. After making a trip to Silicon Valley to meet with prospective investors, she decided to pursue her passion in what she described as “the best job I could ever have.”
Other attendees of the celebration included: Ambassador Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary James Zumwalt and Herndon Council Member Grace Han Wolf.
"Black Girls CODE" Earns $100,000 in Crowdfunding Support For African American, Latina, and Native American Girls to Become Programmers of Tomorrow
San Francisco (PRWEB) July 24, 2013
With four days to spare, a young technology nonprofit broke through their $ 100,000 crowdfunding goal on Indiegogo, thanks to a wave of major support from tech entrepreneurs and companies including: Craig Newmark of Craigslist, Mitch Kapor from The Kapor Center for Social Impact, Rackspace, TripAdvisor, and Zendesk. Other leaders who gave personal contributions to the campaign included Alexis Ohanian (Reddit, Breadpig), Robin Chase (Buzzcar, Zipcar) and Kathryn Finney (digitalundivided).
At 9:10 PM on Monday, July 22nd, the campaign was pushed over its goal by David S. Rose, Founder & CEO of Gust and one of the country’s leading angel investors.
“Gust was delighted to be able to put the ‘Summer of CODE’ campaign over the top with a significant contribution,” said Rose. “Black Girls CODE is showing the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow.”
These leaders have collectively pledged over $ 50,000 to the campaign, joining nearly 900 giving in the range of $ 5-500.
Black Girls CODE Founder Kimberly Bryant said, “The response from both the tech industry and our grassroots supporters has been amazing. Crowdfunding is inspiring, because every gift, be it $ 5 or $ 10,000, really does make a difference when they come together for collective impact. Our campaign shows the growing support we have in the community at large for our work to diversify the tech industry by introducing girls of color to computer programming.”
The funds raised will provide student scholarships, instructor stipends, and laptops. Contributions will also seed funding for Black Girls CODE chapters in eight markets nationwide, which will provide ongoing educational opportunities.
In 2011, Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls CODE to increase the number of women of color in the digital space. Black Girls CODE is the only program targeting African American, Latina, and Native American girls in cities nationwide with training in mobile app development, game and web design. Black Girls CODE has already served more than 1,200 girls in cities across the United States and in South Africa.
Black Girls CODE will host a crowdfunding countdown mixer at tech space Hub Oakland Friday, July 26th 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM located at 1423 Broadway Street Oakland, CA 94612. Community members and techies are highly encouraged to attend the mixer to continue rallying during the last hours of its campaign: http://bgccountdown.eventbrite.com/
The Indiegogo campaign page is available at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-girls-code-summer-of-code-2013-the-remix.
EDITORS NOTE: The following statements may be attributed to significant supporters.
“I figure that everyone should have a fair chance to learn tech, particularly coding. It results in better job opportunities, and can give people a chance to be heard.”
Craig Newmark, founder, craiglist and craigconnects.
“The Kapor Center is excited to invest in Black Girls CODE as a dynamic movement opening the gateways for girls of color into tech. Ultimately the entire nation can benefit from this nurturing of new talent.”
Mitch Kapor, Co-chair, Kapor Center for Social Impact.
“Given Zendesk’s position as a tech company, located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, we have a very personal connection to Black Girls CODE’s mission and are honored to call them a partner and friend.”
Tiffany Apczynski, Director of Public Affairs, Zendesk
“Rackspace supports the work that Black Girls CODE does because we believe that creativity, education, and technology can empower and transform our community.”
Bekki Bolthouse, Project Manager, Rackspace.
Contact information:
Kimberly Bryant, Tel: (415) 860-0637 | Mobile: (415) 860-6387| future(at)blackgirlscode(dot)com
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Work at Home Jobs; Earn Extra Cash With Work at Home Jobs, Government Jobs, Government Grants, Paid Surveys are the Keys to New American Dream
Washington DC (PRWEB) January 21, 2005
If you are searching for the perfect work at home jobs, have a family member un-employed or if credit problems are holding you back from starting a business, buying a home, new car or work at home jobs business, here is important news! Government and private lending institutions are now joining forces to stimulate the national economy and make it easier for women, minorities and people with poor credit ratings to get government grants, low interest loans for any purpose to include work at home jobs.
President Bush also announced a breakthrough for Faith Based and Community Organizations. Policies have been lifted which prohibited them from receiving government funding based on religious affiliations. Churches and religious based community organizations can now compete on equal footing for available federal dollars. Terry Newborn, a researcher for Government Publications in Washington, DC, reported, “There are billions of dollars in grants and loans earmarked for people previously identified as credit risks. Public and private funds are now available for them to buy homes, cars, start a work at home jobs business, consolidate debts,and any worthwhile purpose.” In addition, he reported new financial resources have been committed to help the unemployed get job training re-enter the job market or perform work at home jobs.
“Now is the time for citizens to act if they need money for any worthwhile purpose,” urged Newborn. He also revealed that several reduced-cost and even free programs now exist to benefit economically disadvantaged and recently unemployed persons. Such programs include dental and vision care services, prescription plans, legal aid and work at home jobs. The program also includes free postal training manual, government jobs training manuals, applications plus practice tests that help low scorers acheive a higher score when taking civil service exams,it also includes work at home jobs manual and more.
Government Publications offers a Work at Home Jobs CD-Rom that provides the latest information on the above programs. It covers free grant and loan resources available for a wide variety of purposes, including work at home jobs business start-ups. President Bush declared, “The entrepreneurial spirit in America is healthy, It is a great strength of our country. If you feel like you’ve got what it takes to start a business, if you want to go out on your own, you think you’ve got a good product, the country says, we welcome you to do so.” This Work at Home Jobs CD Rom includes start-up information on over 95 Work at Home Jobs and business opportunities. For example, Work at Home Jobs -How to Buy and Sell Foreclosed Properties, How to Start a Profitable Gift Basket Business, How to Start a Cleaning Business and How to http://www.Become-a-LoanBroker.com. The work at home jobs business program includes http://www.export-import-cd.com which teaches customers to Ebay(tm) the correct way.
The Work at Home Jobs CD Rom combines all programs into one price,it also includes 50 successful grant applications that were funded. These sample applications are essential items since most denied loan and grant applications are due to improper or incomplete paperwork. For more information on the Work at Home Jobs CD containing all programs log on to http://www.capitalpublications.com. To visit individual sites combined on Work at Home Jobs CD visit http://www.governmentgrants-us.com , http://www.work-from-your-home.org , http://www.credit-repair-org.com , http://www.online-survey-jobs.com , http://www.governmentjobcenter.org , http://press.arrivenet.com/government/article.php/625870.html http://www.capitalpublications.com/secure_html/free_work_at_home.html , http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=72368 http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/051025/099054.html or call the Work at Home Jobs Hotline at 800-306-0873 or Work at Home Jobs Info Line 888-384-9608,Work at Home Jobs line 800-306-0990, Work at Home Jobs info at 800-306-0990 Work at Home Jobs request more info line 800-416-0712
Contact:
Terry Newborn
Government Publications
1025 Connecticut Ave. Suite 1012
Washington, DC 20036
Tele: 202-263-7340
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Logility Customer American Italian Pasta Company Receives 2012 Manufacturing …
Logility Customer American Italian Pasta Company Receives 2012 Manufacturing …
American Italian Pasta Company's winning project in the Operational Excellence category highlights the company's success in implementing a Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to improve its ability to forecast demand, increase production …
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American Software's Board Approves the Quarterly Cash Dividend
Logility Voyager Solutions(TM) is a comprehensive suite, which includes supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); inventory and supply optimization; manufacturing planning and …
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"American Idol Parody". Episode 1. Youth Small Group, Curriculum Introduction. NJCSDA
TRAINING FOR THE CROSS PROJECT Executive Producer Laffit Cortes Project manager Janelle Alindogan Co-Director & Writer Raynard Josephs Co-Director & Writer Emmanuel Desarme Camara Operator Jayna Gibbs Judges Emmanuel Desarme Philomena Ogalo John Magbanua Actors Comall Mcfarlane Miriam Ogalo Tomas Drayton Brianna Nelson James Magbanua Executive Production Nnew Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Inc. José H. Cortés James Greene Modesto Vazquéz Director José H. Cortés Producer & Editor Jorge Pillco
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PepsiCo Profit Tops Estimates on Latin American Sales
PepsiCo Profit Tops Estimates on Latin American Sales
Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi is increasing distribution of snacks and introducing new flavors in emerging markets to boost sales. The company also is cutting 8700 jobs and raising marketing spending by $ 600 million this year to increase US …
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New dealership to bring 130 jobs to the city
Credit for focusing on Sentra sales as the path to higher volume goes to chief operating officer, Jeff Bonugli, Clark said. He added that the company's rapid growth would have been impossible without Bonugli, who's taking over as executive manager in …
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Alcatel-Lucent Posts Operating Loss as Sales Trail Estimates
Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks are cutting jobs to catch up with Ericsson AB and Huawei Technologies Co. and cushion a slowdown in spending on network equipment. “Look to the euro crisis all around us, that has an impact,” Chief Executive …
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American Academy of Dermatology Launches Mission Critical Global Association …
American Academy of Dermatology Launches Mission Critical Global Association …
The new website is instrumental in the association's strategy to build and support an innovative, comprehensive web experience management foundation. Bridgeline's iAPPS Product Suite is the industry's leading Web Experience Management (WEM) solution …
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New ICT Academy Targets Software Development
Nyirishema said government through RDB has developed a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) strategy and was in the process of trying to attract investors in the sector. "BPO is a sector that we (government) want to develop and the prerequisite …
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Music Startup Academy to bring entrepreneurs together
Next month, the academy will go to Los Angeles. The New York City Music Startup Academy sold out six sessions over six weeks, with 75 to 100 attendees at each session, according to Bill Wilson, vice president of digital strategy and business …
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Is the world ready for another good 'Titanic' cry?
"Titanic 3D" will not likely reach the box office heights of the film's initial release — industry analysts expect it to open at $ 25 million to $ 30 million in the US But the movie will serve as a strong test case for the business model of 3-D …
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