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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the consequences of premature government regulation of AI and why the incumbents are all for it. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. In the U.S. In the U.S. Bill Gurley’s point.)

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How to Improve Governance for Your Hospital Board

Board Effect

How to Improve Governance for Your Hospital Board. Improving hospital governance is an issue that has come to the forefront in recent years because many who work in the field believe that clinical governance has taken a back seat to other important managerial issues like policy changes, setting target measures, and performance.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

First, win our category of Entertainment Tech (yes, we are very competitive), then establish contacts with clients in the media industry with broadcasters, OTT platforms and cable operators. I started my first business back in 1998 when I was 17; Skipworth was my first digital record label. Sceenic is based in London. In the U.K.

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How did Jeff Bezos scale Amazon without destroying its entrepreneurial culture?

Version One Ventures

Amazon ’s magic is that it’s a behemoth of a company that still operates like a founder-driven start-up in several key areas. Amazon has a unique product development process: before starting any new project, the product manager writes an internal press release ‘announcing’ the product. For example…. Customer Focus. Organization.

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The Lean Entrepreneur is here

Startup Lessons Learned

I started with some basic theory: that a startup is an institution designed to thrive in the soil of extreme uncertainty; that traditional management techniques rooted in forecasting and planning would not work well in the face of that uncertainty. There's even a classic Wizard of Oz minimum viable product that dates back to 1998!

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. If these technical challenges weren’t enough for drivers to manage, these autonomous driving features are appearing at the same time that car dashboards are becoming computer displays. This feature was finally required in 2013.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. Yet the content industry (principally represented by RIAA and MPAA) has been relentless in pushing for UGC site operators to be deputized in a copyright police state in the interest of fighting piracy.

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