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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while being challenged to solve some of the toughest problems.”. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back.

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U.C. Santa Cruz Commencement Speech – 2019

Steve Blank

I was honored to give the commencement speech at the University of California Santa Cruz, right down the road from the ranch. Rather than my usual talks about innovation and entrepreneurship I shared a few lessons learned after serving seven years as a public official on the California Coastal Commission.

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[U.S.] [Event] Magic Johnson and Biz Stone To Star At EO Alchemy 2011

YoungUpstarts

Basketball legend and entrepreneur Magic Johnson and Twitter founder Biz Stone are set to be keynote speakers at this year’s EO Alchemy 2011 , a three-day global conference for entrepreneurs to learn new strategies, share success stories and experiences and network with financers and other industrialists. “What Inspires You?

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Entrepreneur Interview: Six Nations’ Jason Hill and his Winning Burger Combo

The Startup Magazine

The result was Burger Barn, and soon after its founding in 2011 people from across the province began to notice. Innit & Out Burger” is our nod to the iconic California burger franchise. So we know each other, depend on each other, and prize community. We are deeply rooted in our community.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

ShareVolution As for the pitches today, first, Daniel McPherson from Australia pitched ShareVolution , an app store for the Microsoft SharePoint community. I advised Anupam to come up with a 2011 strategy. Thursday, July 28, 2011: Register Here And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

The technology has been highly acclaimed in the mobile device community as a way to let users type in multiple, especially non-Latin, languages. The technology has been highly acclaimed in the mobile device community as a way to let users type in multiple, especially non-Latin, languages. Thursday, June 30, 2011: Register Here.

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California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado

VC Adventure

California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011. When building an entrepreneurial community one needs to take a 10+year view of the effort. Compare that with 2006 when Colorado ranked 12th on the list with just under $ 90M invested in 32 companies.