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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Team Election Watch – Open Source Tool to Track Political Influence Campaigns.

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Giving Tuesday: Five Ways to Engage Your Board

Board Effect

The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members. Outline a Giving Tuesday campaign for your board. Provide training for a successful campaign.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

Its website has a feature that allows you to create a “birthday campaign”, a program in which friends can donate to your personal online fundraiser in lieu of gifts. The NGO I came across Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) through charity: water’s birthday campaigns.

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Five Questions for Alec Ross: Secretary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation

Hunter Walker

During my time at YouTube, I saw a number of my former Google colleagues take roles on the campaign or in the administration. ” Can you briefly explain what that meant and why you sent me to Iraq? :). AR: Help the government do a better job countering violent extremism. It was a lot of fun and did a lot of good.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. I recently learned about the career of General Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general that led DoD agencies during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq when attempted cyber-attacks against the U.S.

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Why I am Voting for Barack Obama for President of the United States

Pascal's View

between government mandates and individual choice, though we question whether. unflappability over the past few weeks — indeed, over two years of campaigning. success in Iraq and adjust his plans. anti-trade rhetoric we have heard from Mr. Obama during the campaign would give. McCain's health plan. policy wheel.

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And Then They Came for Me …

Both Sides of the Table

You don’t get to launch your campaign saying illegal Mexicans are “rapists and murderers and some, I assume, are good people.” We are the global cabal who control finance, media and governments in the eyes of the conspiracy theorists. But what about Trump’s policies, Peter, do you find attractive? Or is that hyperbole?