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50 Places You Can Learn to Code (for Free) Online

YoungUpstarts

University of Michigan : From the University of Michigan, you’ll get access to great programming courses including Computer Vision and Internet History, Technology, and Security. Princeton : Through Princeton University’s Coursera site, you can find courses on algorithms, computer architecture, and networks.

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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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One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship In Ann Arbor, Michigan

Steve Blank

I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen , Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal , Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. Venture Capital ; met with the local hardware/software venture capital firm.

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

Steve Blank

Unique among them was Stanford, which provost Fred Terman (the father of American electronic warfare and electronic intelligence in World War I) ) built as a center of excellence in microwaves and electronics.

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

Steve Blank

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. Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint, Michigan, in 1947. The company closed in 1931.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

This super-cute Michigan cottage looks like a house from the outside, but on the inside, it’s a great place for co-workers to find their focus and get some work done. 654 Work Cottage.

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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. Voorhees, CAE. MY FIRST INDUSTRY JOB Straight out of college — convention assistant, SmithBucklin. and Eved).

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