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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. The response from across the country?

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C We had some great conversations in the car, but one stuck in my mind.

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[Interview] Joan Kuhl, Author Of ‘Dig Your Heels In: Navigate Corporate BS And Build The Company You Deserve’

YoungUpstarts

We recently sat down with Joan to talk about why now is a critical time for women to disrupt the workplace status quo, her advise for young professionals, and how women can bring in men as allies and spark conversations about equality. I recommend that women learn as much as they can about how their companies invest in leadership development.

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Breaking the Ice: Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Jay Leno

crowdSPRING Blog

Where your charm, your business acumen, and your conversational skills should shine, right? This serves to set the tone for the conversation to come and to lighten the atmosphere; by keeping the stakes low in this way, Jay can make the conversation that follows lighter and less risky for the guest. Interview actively.

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

The smart stick is an idea that came from a conversation an engineering student had with her blind uncle about the challenges he faced getting around a city. Conversely, if the project is truly revolutionary, it may never get off the ground. While face-to-face conversation is often preferable, it isn’t always possible.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Their efforts in this crisis have been admirable, but as Jake and Irma made clear in our conversation, this is not enough, we need a widespread, fully funded WPA scale effort to put Americans back to work. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. They are now operating in nine States. Eric Ries : So let me get this right.

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Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Occam's Razor

Or they have just one (DUMB) Macro Conversion defined and completely ignore the Micro Conversions and Economic Value. Your company leadership (small business or fortune 100) will help you identify business objectives for your online existence. Behavior: Visits to conversions (Action Alerts, Memberships). Beneficial.

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