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Sam Haskell Shares Tips on Becoming an Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

I grew up in the small town of Amory, Mississippi (population 6,871). More importantly, I used that money to help my mother with our mortgage and put myself through college at the University of Mississippi. My family was by no means wealthy and it was expected that I spend most of my free time outside of school, working.

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How To Become A Real Estate Agent

YoungUpstarts

New York state, for example, has reciprocity with several states, including Massachusetts, Georgia, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Mississippi, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Courses can be taken online, at community colleges or at a brick-and-mortar real estate school.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Next, we wanted the students to learn about the nation’s threats and security challenges while working with innovators inside the DoD and Intelligence Community. Origins of the class.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. This fall a series of new “Hacking for X…” classes will address these deserving communities. These include: Hacking for Impact (helping NGO’s and Nonprofits) at Berkeley.

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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, State Department, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.). Today if college students want to give back to their country, they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F.

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Civil Rights 50th Year Anniversary - A Trip to Remember

Seeing Both Sides

In celebration of the anniversary, we took the opportunity this week to take a family trip to Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee to expose our kids to this poignant history. We then drove to Oxford, Mississippi to visit Ole Miss. The things we saw, the people we met, the conversations we had as a family inspired me tremendously.

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Why We Need Each Other

Duct Tape Marketing

In the summer of 2008 the entire Upper Mississippi River Basin flooded and inundated ten square miles of Cedar Rapids, including the entire downtown of this community of about 100,000. It’s worth noting that Cedar Rapids was also home of one of the worst natural disasters in the past century. Surprised?