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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. 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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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Warlock was so large that it was kept at the ERA factory and operated as a remote operations center. ERA Disk Drives One of the problems code breakers had was the difficulty of being able to store and operate on large sets of data. When they couldn’t find any customers they donated the ERA 1101 to Georgia Tech.

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

Hearpreneur

We want every worker and every employer in Atlanta and throughout the State of Georgia to understand the rights, responsibilities, and basic process of the workers’ compensation system. For organizations that operate in a charitable space or with a social mission of their own, there is no charge for listing or service.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ARRIS, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, specializes in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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17 Things We’ve Learned from Top Product Marketers

ConversionXL

James Doman-Pipe , senior product marketing manager at Remote, has learned that “Product marketers cannot operate in silos and must integrate across the business to have the standing required to really drive change.”. They are also humans with needs, and product marketers working in B2B should keep that in mind. Integrate across the business.

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30 Entrepreneurs Discuss How Does Quiet Quitting Affects Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

22- Reduces self-reflection opportunities Photo Credit: Georgia McKenzie Entrepreneurship requires an incredible amount of personal resilience and self-motivation; if you're going to be successful as an entrepreneur, you need to be able to answer questions about why you made certain decisions with confidence.

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The Lean LaunchPad Online

Steve Blank

Now we understood that the strategy for startups was to first search for a business model and then after you found it, put together an operating plan. We taught the first two classes of 25 teams each, and then in March of 2012 trained faculty from Georgia Tech and the University of Michigan how to teach the class at their universities.

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