Flinders University Accepting Bitcoin For Entrepreneurial Program
Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia is accepting bitcoin. Well, sort of. Business Insider Australia reports that the school is the first educational institution in the land down under to accept bitcoin payments. But it's not exactly what you might think. The report indicates that bitcoin is only being accepted for something called 'Venture Dorm', a twelve-week program that focuses on entrepreneurial education. It's run by the New Venture Institute and Entrepreneurs in Conversation event series, Business Insider says. Vice Chancellor at the University, Michael Barber, said that....
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Flinders University is the first Australian University to accept payments in Bitcoin. Though Flinders University doesn't accept yet Bitcoin is as general payment option for university fees, Flinders' New Venture Institute is now running a pilot project and accepting Bitcoin as payment for its Venture Dorm program for practical, experiential, entrepreneurial education. Venture Dorm provides an educational environment for people who want to learn how entrepreneurs build new ventures and then create one themselves. The aim is taking an idea, finding a viable business model which is scalable....
Earlier this week, Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver announced that it will now be accepting Bitcoin donations to help fund a project that is sending two SFU students to India this fall, a project that will focus on empowering women. The university has become the first postsecondary school to support Bitcoin in Canada, and may even follow suit by accepting the digital currency in the university bookstore and dining services on its campuses in the Vancouver area. The decision was made after the project received a $6,000 donation in Bitcoin. SFU Alumnus Scott Nelson and Simon Fraser....
Boost VC, which is known for funding bitcoin startups and fintech companies, is now accepting new entries for its 3-month program. Entries can be submitted through this page until the November 30 deadline for its Tribe 7 February start date. According to its About page, Boost VC is the "Before-the-Chasm" startup accelerator. The company has been around since 2012 and has been busy finding and funding passionate entrepreneurs who are using emerging technologies to build great ideas. The sectors they pay close attention to are digital reality and bitcoin technology, which they believe to....
Since announcing their Digital Currency Initiative in 2013, the University of Nicosia (UNic) has been hard at work forming the world's first Master's in Digital Currency Degree Program. This MSc in Digital Currency is undoubtedly the first of many such programs to be offered by educational institutions worldwide. In order to present this opportunity to as many digital currency enthusiasts as possible, UNic had promised to offer the first course for free. The course, titled: “Introduction to Digital Currencies,” and the entire program will both by offered by the University via distance....
My friend John Scianna, an active participant in the bitcoin community (and writer for Bitcoin Magazine), is working to attend Draper University and needs our help to fund his endeavor. He told me about his plan, and other than donating a few satoshis, I didn't know how I could be of service to this fellow bitcoiner. Then I had a lightbulb moment: I'll write about it.While putting together the questions below for John to anwswer, I realized how important it is for us as a community to support each other - because if we don't, who will? Donation info is at the bottom of the page.1. What is....