Startup Institute brings its tech training to ArmeniaAugust 15, 2017 - 16:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Startup Institute is taking its curriculum to Armenia and Belgium, through a licensing deal instead. Microsoft will pay for the rights to use the institute’s training program for the tech giant’s Innovation Centers in those two countries, The Boston Globe reports. The Boston-based training center closed its Chicago location a year ago. CEO Rich DiTieri says the institute was spread too thin at the time. “If we want to expand and grow beyond Boston and New York and help people get access into the tech ecosystem in the digital economy, this is probably the most efficient way for us to do it,” DiTieri says. “This kind of model allows us to go to all those places and start training those folks just like we do here in Boston, without having to raise millions of dollars.” One of DiTieri’s main goals is to develop a sustainable business model for the institute, a for-profit venture backed by Silicon Valley Bank, the local VC firm Accomplice, and angel investor Walt Winshall. Startup Institute says it offers courses, and programs built to give people the skills, mindset, and network to build careers they love, doing work that matters, with innovative local companies. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |