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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

In 2016, ff Venture Capital partnered with the NYU Future Labs to be the venture partner for the AI NexusLab, a program focused on accelerating AI-related startups, which to our surprise we discovered was the first such partnership between a VC and a university. There are other growth sectors which might benefit from this level of focus.

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Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail: Designing An Implementation Process

YoungUpstarts

Here’s a sample short term goal: DEF Company’s short term goal #1 is to set a target sales goal of $10,000 for the Connecticut market by August 2016 of our new product “Clean And Restore Metal and Wood Cleaner.” Taking the long term goal and breaking it down is your next step.

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

YoungUpstarts

We started franchising and slowly expanded from Fairfield County in Connecticut over to New York. A 2016 study by Cone Communications found the following: 75 percent of millennials would take a pay cut to work for a socially responsible company. And it’s not just consumers — employees share a similar desire.