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20 Best Biographies For Tech-Minded Students

YoungUpstarts

“iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It” by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith. This is the only authorized biography of the iconic Apple co-founder, written by gifted biographer Walter Isaacson. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. .”

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7 Highlights from Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest Post by Misti Yang, Writer for Lean Startup Co. To confidently answer no, co-founder of Strategyzer Alex Osterwalder told our attendees, “What you really want to do is work more like Amazon. … When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. It's amazing.”

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

Antonio Fernandez , Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, FirstEnergy Service Co. Jeannie Cain , Senior Manager, Cloud Risk Management, Charles Schwab & Co., Matt Zimmerman , Director, Technology Risk & Resilience, Charles Schwab & Co., Julie Camus , Senior Vice President Of Internal Audit, AARP, Inc.

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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Jordan Fulmer. Thanks to Jordan Fulmer, Momentum Property Solutions ! #3- Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. Thanks to Daniel Hess, To Tony Productions ! #2- 2- Influence from the past .

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19 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Have Failed and What They’ve Learnt

Hearpreneur

On my journey as a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and co-founder of a yoga school that trains yoga therapists, I’ve had to learn from my mistakes and develop nuanced language to explain this work. Thanks to Jordan Figueredo, Pelicoin ! #12- Thanks to Jordan Knight, Spicy Pineapple Marketing ! Life and business go on.

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Why Computer Vision Has Become a Major Investment Theme for Me

Both Sides of the Table

One of the most obvious to me was Nanit, that was brought to our firm by my colleague Jordan Hudson who met them team, fell in love with their founders & technology, and encouraged us to invest. It also helped that Jordan was about to have a baby of his own — Slim Shaney- who is now more than a year old (as is our investment).

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Seven Steps to Small Business Recovery

Steve Blank

Jordan Edelson, co-founder of Chic Sketch , reimagined his events business as a virtual events business. Alexander Osterwalder co-creator of the business model canvas , suggests a playbook of business model moves you can make: Shelter in place as a market opportunity. Regina says. Create an MVP or MVS to start.