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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? Every year, our team conducts more than 500 customer development calls to understand what challenges the community is facing. Here are some of our favorites: 1.

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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. in 2013, Benin is among the countries that have made significant progress in the recent years. However, to diversify its workforce and economy, in 2015 the country adopted TizaaWorks. With an unemployment rate of just 2.4%

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Leading During Uncertain, Trying Times – Five Essential Practices

The Startup Magazine

Your organization could be a corporation, department or division, partnership, small business, government body, association, educational institution, charity or other organized entity. 1. Communicate incessantly with meticulous clarity and context. Leaders visualize and communicate a desired future state.

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I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

Austin Startup

I worked throughout different areas in Cybersecurity/Identity and Access Management and in 2013 I took the big step and moved to the Boston area. I started Good Dog Labs in early 2014 and a year later I officially became a co-founder with the on-boarding of my brother Dino in 2015.

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The Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

These community-led experiences were so much fun -- and became a source of such serendipitous, fruitful connections -- that we’ve decided to iterate on the idea for the 2015 conference and make it a core part of our program. Get Involved The 2015 conference will be held from November 16th-19th at historic Fort Mason in San Francisco.

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Top 10 Legal Issues for Higher Education Boards

Board Effect

Talent exists in every community and group. Vanderbilt University and the Boston Consulting Group assessed the university’s compliance costs in 2015 and found that they spent $146 million during the 2013-2014 school year which was 11% of their non-hospital operating budget. Online Learning.