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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. And in the thirty days since we’ve put the Lean LaunchPad class online at Udacity – 50,000 students have been taking it.

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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+

YoungUpstarts

the University of Michigan, administrators are excited about using Google+ for better campus communication, especially collaboration. 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.

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AVIXA’s Heidi A. Voorhees on Thinking Differently

Startup Professionals Musings

EDUCATION Bachelor of arts, majoring in commercial recreation/business, Central Michigan University; master of business administration, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. operations for AVIXA (the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association), including marketing and communications, U.S. Voorhees, CAE.

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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

Enter technology and board development — the secret weapons for enhancing board engagement. It also builds the skills they need to be effective decision-makers, including the best ways to communicate and create consensus. For example, Starfish Family Services, a Michigan social service agency, has a 21-member board.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. But in 1904, after his first time seeing a car in Flint, Michigan, he was one of the first to see that the future was going to be in a radically new form of transportation powered by internal combustion engines. The company closed in 1931. is closing rapidly.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

All high quality applicants to IvyDate are reviewed by a Membership Committee. IvyDate is a highly private, matching based community which does not place member information in a browsable database. Founder Ian Shea has 8 years of internet/tech experience with ReplayTV. PrimeriCare Ventures (dba symbeo). StyleMusée.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Web Design/Tech Services. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. Loading… Business. » More. » More.