But at Formation, a free Berlin-based startup school for underrepresented founders, every session does.

Formation is the brain-child of Katy Campbell, a Scot who’s been working with corporate company builders in Berlin for six years.

The set-up is similar to that of many company builders — except that Formation is driven by a community of volunteers.

Advertisment“It’s me doing it, not a company, so it’s low key and fun,” says Campbell.

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If this is true, social media companies have to offer a mechanism for users to prove their identities and display that verification publicly.

Offering an identity-verification option may require social media platforms to make a lot of changes in terms of technology stack and policy issues.

The government was earlier said to be mulling bringing Aadhaar into the equation by linking the 12-digit unique ID to social media accounts.

The Data Protection Bill (DPB) was proposed to the government of India in July 2018 by a nine-member expert committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna.

Earlier, MeitY minister of state Sanjay Dhotre said that the DPB would categorise personal data into three categories: personal data, sensitive personal data, and critical personal data. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575610206.1382318/Will-Data-Protection-Bill-Make-Identity-Verification-Mandatory-For-Social-Media-Users??ref=audio_experience

He often heard news of stillborns, women dying during childbirth, and health-related complications at the time of labour in the region.

Further, it enables the staff nurses to enter the vital signs of a pregnant woman such as blood pressure and pulse rate.

Keyar offers real-time monitoring of pregnant women from remote locations.

Apart from BIRAC, the startup has been funded and supported by many organisations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Government of Canada and Karnataka.

Till date, it has raised a sum of $700,000.The 29-year-old envisages a future where Janitri’s tools will be monitoring pregnant women and reducing the cases of stillborn steadily all over India and among other developing countries. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575608405.1774771/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation-backed-Janitri-is-preventing-newborn-deaths-in-rural-India?ref=audio_experience

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After all, it’s your website, your business, and your products – here’s how to keep as much control as possible over your website from its launch.

Register your own domainOne of the easiest mistakes to make is letting someone else purchase your domain name.

If it’s not registered to you, either with a personal or business email address, you’re never fully in control of your website from day one.

While you can choose to host the website entirely on your own, this will take up some time and required learning and maintenance on your part, over time.

You’ll never be in full control with a website that’s built from scratch, so be sure that yours is built using an established, user-friendly website builder. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575604806.563774/The-Startup-Magazine-Always-on:-four-simple-ways-to-maintain-ultimate-control-over-your-website?ref=audio_experience

John Daniels, a workplace security expert and former NBA security executive, explains the process of active shooter training and describes the ways in which workplace safety preparation can save lives.

It is necessary to prepare oneself physically and mentally to cope with an active shooter event.

How to React in an Active Shooter SituationThe most important thing that anyone can do in an active shooter situation is to try to evacuate the facility.

When Law Enforcement RespondsWhen law enforcement responds to your active shooter situations, you should follow these protocols for interacting with them.

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This led to them to set up The Sleep Company in Mumbai in 2017.

The startup’s smart grid mattress has no memory foam, no spring, no coir, or latex.

After two years of research Sleep Technology, smart grid mattress was born,” says Priyanka.

The husband-wife duo roped in Dr V Tripathi, the brain behind smart grid technology, with the help of references and contacts.

Pricing and marketThey startup offers two mattress models - The Sleep Company 1.0 priced between Rs 15,000 and Rs 35,000, and The Sleep Company 2.0 priced between Rs 25,000 and Rs 45,000. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575601211.753905/How-lack-of-sleep-made-these-new-parents-build-a-mattress-startup?ref=audio_experience

A word that is now common day jargon (and daily educator) in our everyday lives was at one time an unknown search engine that only a few would recognize.

In utilizing their dorm rooms as Google’s first ‘office’ the two officially launched their first search engine prototype in 1996 to the StanfordUniversity students.

We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal.

People are – but not web pages.

We have a very high percentage of our users who often tell others about our search engine. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575599410.187597/20-Quotes-from-Google-Co-founder,-Sergey-Brin-that-Will-Help-You-Think-Like-a-Visionary?ref=audio_experience

world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.

An outstanding photo and art exhibition was held alongside the sixth annual World Owl Conference (WOC), held this week at Pune University.

Devoted to nature education and conservation, Pune-based Ela Foundation offers certificate courses in ornithology, wildlife photography, and habitat conservation.

This was followed by the second Indian Owl Festival, held at Ela Habitat, Pingori.

The aim of the annual conference is to spread awareness, conduct research, and promote conservation of owl habitats. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575597606.0461469/Why-you-must-care-two-hoots:-Ela-Foundation-hosts-World-Owl-Conference-in-Pune-to-promote-wildlife-conservatio?ref=audio_experience

Luckily for them, institutions such as Weiss Crypto Ratings, a part of the greater Weiss Investment Ratings organization, can help traders cut through the noise.

Still, Stellar still manages to retain a C rating overall, clinging to the number 10 slot on Weiss’s ratings board.

The currency receives an overall C rating from Weiss, with a market cap of only $524.49 million.

Binance received an overall C rating and maintains a $310.87 million market cap, currently the lowest market cap in the top ten rated coins.

Weiss rates it at the fairly low D- in the risk-reward category, though the coin’s overall rating remains at a respectable C+. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575595805.870185/Weiss-Rates-Top-Ten-Cryptocurrencies-–-Capital-Sources?ref=audio_experience