Why College is the Best Place to Build a Startup
Typically when people think of entrepreneurs, they don’t automatically think of college students, but they should. College is the best time to think big and execute ideas, especially when hustle and grind is naturally part of the curriculum. There are three core reasons why college is the best place to build a startup: The resources [...]
Read MoreTweet About First Amendment Today to Win a $5K Scholarship
Student journalists should know by now, you likely won’t start out earning an enormous salary. And that money will seem even scarcer if you’ve got student loans to pay back. So Thursday is your chance to both support the First Amendment — that’s the one with freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which [...]
Read MoreNeed Help Getting Through College? Let Google Show You The Way
For most people getting through college life involves dedication, studying and lots of hard work. But if you ask the folks at Google they’ll tell you surviving the college years has nothing to do with hard work and everything to do with the Google machine. According to their new site College Tips By Google, Google suggests [...]
Read MoreTech Industry’s Diversity Problem Starts in College — and Earlier
“The pipeline problem.” That’s the catch-all phrase that keeps coming up in discussions of diversity in Silicon Valley. Tech companies say they’d love to hire more women and minorities, but that too few qualified candidates are graduating with technical degrees. That leaves them choosing from an applicant pool that is largely white, male and Asian. “We [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Creates New Program for Young Entrepreneurs
President Obama has created a new program called “We Can’t Wait” to help youth manage their student debt and enable them to start their own business upon graduation. The program is said to modify the federal government’s “income-based repayment” plan, allowing qualifying students to pay back loans using a monthly percentage of their discretionary income, [...]
Read MoreGoogle Looking to Minority Students for Diversity Internship Program
Applications for the Google BOLD diversity internship program are now live! This past summer was Google’s largest batch of interns for the BOLD Diversity internship program. They are now in search of applicants for this coming summer. This program is designed to provide exposure to the technology industry for students who are historically under-represented in [...]
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