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Funding Your Path


You've decided to move forward with your business idea and now need to fund it. Your first step is determining how much it's going to cost. You may be able to use your current income to invest in your business or may need additional funding. 

If additional funding is needed for your business- loans, grants, and crowdfunding are ways you can raise it. Banks and credit unions offer a variety of loans that range in the amount of money, interest rate, and requirements to get approved. Another funding option is applying for grants if you're interested in also receiving mentorship, workshops on how to run your business better, and the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs. You can find grants through government agencies, corporate initiatives, and nonprofit organizations. Alternatively, crowdfunding offers an opportunity to share your idea with others online, and people give directly towards the goal you set. This method can be donation or incentive-based, giving you the option to offer products or a small percentage of your company to contributors.

Choose one or all options based on your financial goals, why you need the money, and the risk you're willing to take to see your business come to life.


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WWCode Member Highlight: Blog 

New Look at Data: Question of Ethics and Inclusivity with Brandeis Marshall


Brandeis Marshall, PhD is a renowned computer science scholar, educator, and the founder of DataedX (pronounced Data-Ed-X), an edtech company devoted to ensuring data competency and promoting inclusivity within the data community. 

Our Senior Content Manager, Cait Sarazin, met with Brandeis to discuss her revolutionary contributions to the data ethics conversation and the importance of amplifying Black voices in the tech space. 

Cait: How have you been misrepresented in the tech space? 

Brandeis: People assume I belong to a particular box. I’m in a box that is female, a box that is Black, American, a higher education teacher, and so on. People often address me as a member of only one of those boxes at a time instead of all of me; a multifaceted and multidimensional person. 

I’m a speaker, an educator, and scholar, but it seems as though people throughout my career have only looked at me as the “diversity person,” as if I don’t conduct my own research or talk about other things. People pinhole you in a box, and that’s all they really want to know about you. 

Read more here.

 

 

Technical Highlight - A Positive Impact on the Tech Industry and the World 

This week, we featured an industry interview with Brandeis Marshall, Ph.D., on the ethics of diversity and inclusion in data. Women Who Code’s mission supports an inclusive and equitable tech industry, and that includes providing resources to help technologists develop, lead and educate others responsibly and inclusively. 

This week, we’re highlighting videos from our YouTube channel that shed light on best practices to have a positive impact on the tech industry and the world.

WWCode Technical Videos for a Positive Impact on Tech and the World

See more sessions on inclusive tech and developing or leading responsibly.
 


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Upcoming WWCode Events

 

Digital educational events from our global Networks:
 

Emerging Careers: Data Platform Engineering | WWCode Chennai 
Speaker Karina Pangero, Sr. Engineering Manager at Eventbrite, will discuss the Data and Platform Engineering function at the large platform Eventbrite, including what it takes to digitize the data in all forms such as text, audio, video, voice, and how to make the best of the data with analytics.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 18, 2022 | 4:00 PM IST (Chennai) 

Cómo Crear Tu Portafolio Usando el Perfil de Github | WWCode Santiago
Jennifer Toledo Vargas, Coach Profesional / Operations Manager en 4Geeks Academy Chile, y Luis Rodríguez, Instructor en 4Geeks Academy Chile / Fullstack Developer, estarán el día de hoy explicando cómo puedes darle doble click a tu repo, y crear un portafolio de primera para que puedan conocer tus habilidades.
Fecha/Hora: Jueves, 18 Agosto 2022 | 7:00 PM CLT (Santiago) 

Building a Data Engineering Portfolio Project Part 1 | WWCode Python 
Join us on August 18th and 25th for this exciting two-part workshop. We will learn how to build a data engineering portfolio project and highlight the skills and technologies that would be valuable to showcase in your data engineer portfolio. We will go over scoping the project, exploring and accessing the data, modeling the data, running an extract, transform and load (ETL) pipeline, and projecting the data to a dashboard.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 18, 2022 | 9:00 PM EDT (Atlanta) 

Artificial Intelligence in Medica and Biological Discoveries | WWCode Python 
Recent developments in data-driven fields such as computational biology, bioinformatics, and medicine have been made possible by breakthrough techniques from artificial intelligence (Al). AI’s importance for medicine and biomedicine will further rise in the future. In this talk, learn about current results, potential direction, and limitations of this approach.
Date/Time: Friday, August 19, 2022 | 11:00 AM EDT (Atlanta) 

ReadTogether: Honeycomb’s Book - Observing Engineering | WWCode Manila 
Join the group for an uninterrupted reading time followed by a discussion about the insights you learned while you read. You may read the selected book — Observing Engineering — or bring your own! The goal is to read one chapter per session, making your way through a whole book in our sessions. 
Date/Time: Monday, August 22, 2022 | 7:30 PM PHST (Manila) 

Applied AI in the Enterprise - A Team Sport | WWCode Data Science
Join us in this session with our partner Ally to learn more about AI in the industry and the maturity curve. We will share an interdisciplinary approach to leveraging emerging technologies, including AI/ML. The speaker will share some of the principles across the industry and more about her experience. 
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 | 12:00 PM EDT (Atlanta) 

Let’s Chat About Coding Buddies - Interactive Slack Event | WWCode Python 
Join the Python Slack community for access to real-time support and resources! This session will be an interactive live session hosted through the Python #buddymeup channel on Slack to answer all your questions about coding buddies. 
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 | 12:00 PM EDT (Atlanta) 

InterviewReady Series - Senior Developer | WWCode Singapore 
Every time you prepare for a software developer interview it's a whole process — practicing LeetCode, reading up on system design, and coming up with real-life examples from your resume. Join WWCode Singapore for monthly mock interview sessions to help you remain interview-ready throughout your career!

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 | 6:30 PM SGT (Singapore)
 

 


 

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Opportunities for Members


Scholarships:
WWCODE + CO:RISE:  We are thrilled to share scholarships with Women Who Code members for upcoming co:rise courses/programs: Python Crash Course (starting August 15) and Applied Machine Learning (starting Sept 5). Deadlines: Applied Machine Learning, Aug. 31 - Apply now

Formation is a virtual fellowship program for software engineers who seek impactful roles and career growth at the most prestigious tech companies in the industry. All WWCode applicants who are accepted into the fellowship program will receive $500 off of the upfront cost or a reduction of their Income Share Agreement (ISA). Apply here by Sept 30, 2022.

 

Partner Events:
Now - October 31st: Call for Code Global Challenge @ Remote

Scholarship Conference Passes Available:
October 3rd: GSAS @ Barcelona, Spain
October 13th - 14th: Euruko 2022 @ Helsinki, Finland  

 

          Apply for all tickets and scholarships here         

 

 

Pro-Tip of the Week

 

"I'm a product manager and I think when you love the product you are building, you will try to find better solutions to the problems. It may be that we fall in love with our solutions, which is not right either. But by loving the product, we have more motivation to understand the user needs and business goals."

 

 - Tomya Mateo, WWCode Member

Belgium, Germany

 

Tech Jobs with WWCode Partners


Your next great job opportunity may be below:

Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails | Mode | Remote

Senior Programmer - Game Development | Snowed In Studios | Ottawa, ON, Canada

 


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