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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city.

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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+

YoungUpstarts

Google Plus Hangouts are a great place for alumni to connect with other student, faculty, and staff, building connections and facilitating opportunities within the university community. Georgia Tech College of Sciences regularly shares great news about successes within the university community. Colleague sharing.

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How AI Can Help Universities Boost Student Performance And Improve Retention

YoungUpstarts

One university that has championed this approach is Ivy Tech Community College. For example, Georgia Institute of Technology deployed an AI-powered chatbot named “Jill Watson” to complete the automatable tasks of teaching assistants, including answering students’ questions on a messaging board.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our passion for helping our clients extends from our firm to the community as a whole. A big part of our community involvement is educating the public about their rights following a work-related injury. We provide the returners resources, upskilling, community and a job pool, all in one place. 11- Connecting with our community.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

For the next decade ERA would continue to deliver a stream of special-purpose code breaking electronic systems and subsystems for the Navy cryptologic community. When they couldn’t find any customers they donated the ERA 1101 to Georgia Tech.

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6 Ways Credit Unions Can Reach Data Maturity with Smart Technology Use

Board Effect

By tapping into data analytics, Delta Community Credit Union (DCCU) in Georgia has built a comprehensive view of members’ preferences and needs. These types of collaborative partnerships, powered by technology innovations, are one way that organizations can work together to both use data and serve communities.

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The Effects of Typography on User Experience & Conversions

ConversionXL

There has been no conclusive evidence for either style of font that supports which is better for the screen, which is perhaps why the design community is split. For example, in the Google/IBM study, they found that serif font Georgia was read 7.9% faster than sans serif Helvetica, but that it was not a statistically significant margin.