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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. We're very fortunate that the YCombinator program took us on and is our incubator company, all of that. I am Eric Ries. Eric Ries : When was that? When did you apply to YCombinator?

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

The easy part is, “Let’s have an incubator.” Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. The only hard part about it, is to get well-defined problems from sponsors in the local city or government agency that you offer to students.

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A Bright Future for Bioscience in Temple, Texas

Austin Startup

These are achievable dreams, and our goal as a bioscience incubator is to help make those dreams reality through education, mentorship, and access to technology.”?—?Tami Temple’s Health and Bioscience District is governed by a seven-member board. Tami Annable, THBD Executive Director.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). Government. How Accelerators Are Different Than Incubators. Why Incubators Don’t Work. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Principals of a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Community. Led By Entrepreneurs. Have A 20 Year Commitment.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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