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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Today, every government agency, service branch, and combatant command is adopting innovation activities (hackathons, design thinking classes, innovation workshops, et al.) At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Sam earned a BA in Communications Arts and Sciences from Michigan State University. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. To continually innovate, companies need to operate at startup speed and cycle time much longer their 20 th century counterparts did.

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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto. I drew inspiration from how Toyota designed a new car. I was the only person from software or finance.

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

David Teten

and Andersen, Eddie Cisneros has health care and start-up experience with GE Healthcare and Accolade, and three MDs are experienced practitioners and operators. StyleMusée is a social shopping platform that connects style-conscious consumers with designers that match their personal style. StyleMusée. It’s Pandora for style.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The organization is designed so that it can function generally as an LLC would, while legally accepting foundation grants because of the organization’s socially beneficial goals. An L3C is a variation on an LLC, essentially a hybrid form of a nonprofit and for-profit company. Social Enterprise UK .