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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Leadership over backbenchers? I wish I had 20% of her confidence, focus and leadership skills at 25.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. Our website.

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Democratizing The Tools Of Design

YoungUpstarts

By Kevin Bennett, co-author of “ Solving Problems with Design Thinking: Ten Stories of What Works “ America has a long history of championing rugged individualism and visionary leadership, especially when it comes to innovation. burnout (super human leadership is rarely sustainable), and is less stable.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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The 10 Best Teams Ever Assembled (And What We Can Learn From Them)

YoungUpstarts

Never seeking recognition for his genius, quietly thwarting horrible crimes or saving entire governments, almost none of London’s other inhabitants knew the man at 221B Baker Street was one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Sure, Holmes was the best crime-solver ever, but it was the way he solved them that made him great.

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

We are so pleased to announce the Diligent Modern Governance 100 (MG100) Award winners for this year. The MG100 Awards, as they’re commonly known, celebrate the exceptional contributions of governance, risk, audit, compliance and ESG professionals around the world. Why do we give MG100 Awards?