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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...

Today's articles are stories of pivots, so we want to know about your own big changes. What do you do after university doesn't feel like the path for you? Where do you go after the pandemic changes where you find your customers?
 
 Willie Sanders Jr. found the answers in nontraditional schooling. Andrew Suggs is seeing the efforts of his pivots pay off.
 
 In what ways, through your career, have you pivoted? What were the outcomes? What was the catalyst for that change?
 
Let us know by replying to this email or sending a note to , anytime. 

 

— Technical.ly reporter Donte Kirby (donte@technical.ly) 

 
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Top Stories

Live Chair Health is expanding its markets with a $3.5M seed raise

By Donte Kirby | 1 minute readThe company’s “why” — to increase underserved communities' access to healthcare resources — remains the same, no matter the market or industry.
How I Got Here: Willie Sanders Jr. and the power of a 10-year plan
By Donte Kirby | 3 minute read

The nonprofit founder and computer science professor offers advice on how to navigate tech with or without a degree. Read more »

Jamar Jones shared stages with big-name rappers. A musical crisis led him to entrepreneurship
By Stephanie S. Beecher | 4 minute read

Following numerous career pivots — including a "miserable" stint in corporate life — the Wisconsin-based founder of Foureva Media infuses positive energy to connect people and unlock businesses' full potential, leading with DEI. Read more »

These 6 tech hiring orgs are striving to advance racial equity with resources and support for employees
By Sam Markowitz | 4 minute read

For Racial Equity in Tech Month, we asked our Technical.ly Talent companies how they prioritize DEI. Read more »

Early Charm Ventures is expanding to support Synteris’s growth and $2.7M federal grant
By Donte Kirby | 2 minute read

With the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy pushing Synteris closer to commercialization, its parent has an increasing need for larger, explosion-proof facilities in Pigtown. Read more »

Blast from the past

Why urban art park Section1 is everything you love about Baltimore
Originally published August 25, 2014

Underneath the Jones Falls Expressway near Station North, artist/entrepreneur Richard Best is building what he hopes to be the world's largest urban art park. Read more »

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