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Meet Mighty, an e-commerce platform where kids are the boss; a “digital lemonade stand”

TechCrunch

Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent. million in seed funding led by Animo Ventures, with participation from Maveron, Humbition, Sesame Workshop, Collaborative Fund and NaHCO3, a family office.

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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

CIO

Many are also setting up certification programs to arm their work forces with more of the IT “ technical skills ” that are in high demand – everything from networking to technical support to machine learning to cybersecurity and analytics. In sports, teams that play together well generally have an edge over those who don’t.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Elias Avila, Sr. Staff Proactive Support Engineer

Cloudera

I played football during the season, and then track and field and wrestling during the off season to always be involved in organized sports,” Elias said. . Elias credits school sports as one of his keys to escaping the cycle of poverty he saw around him. During his first year in school, he took a required computer programming course.

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Palo Alto Networks Canada Joins the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is honoured to be part of this program that drives cybersecurity innovation in Canada. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security notes , “Cyber defence is a team sport. As a Corporate-in-Residence, we will guide and support selected cybersecurity companies through mentorships and workshops.

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Getting Our Geek On—How Our Gorillas Leverage New Technology for Our Clients

Gorilla Logic

Gorilla Logic is one of the few nearshore software development firms with a robust, customer-centric training program that puts cutting edge technologies in the hands of our Gorillas so that they can learn and explore. Gorilla Logic Workshop Series. The workshops culminate in a final group problem-solving exercise. Pluralsight®.

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Leadership Training For Executives

Experience to Lead

Executive leadership training programs can offer support and meaningful dialogue to master new challenges effectively. What is an Executive Leadership Training Program? Executive leadership programs are typically structured as a series of workshops, seminars, and experiential sessions led by industry experts.

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Interview with Evgeny Predein – CEO of Apiumhub

Apiumhub

He has been one of the former practitioners of Agile Methodologies, particularly eXtreme Programming with a great experience in difficult practices like TDD, Continuous Integration, build pipelines and evolutionary design. In 2019 Apiumhub opened Apium Academy , where Apiumhub developers give software architecture courses & workshops.