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Hacking for Defense @ StanfordĀ 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Every year they fund several teams as they launch companies. He runs H4X Labs.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Intuit 2020 Research Report. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients.

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Five Questions With Jeff Berman (Public Defender Turned Kardashian App Builder)

Hunter Walker

Transitions to social media with MySpace at their peak, and then, um, the less peak part. The reality is I made the leap from law, politics, and policy to the intersection of media, tech, and commerce because I fell in love and moved to LA to be with my wife. If someone just looked at your resume, what narrative do you think it tells?

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

A lot of these challenges became grossly apparent in 2020: social instability, climate crisis, public health crises, national security crises, disinformation. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype.

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18 Entrepreneurs Discuss Whether or Not There Will Be More Entrepreneurs in the Future

Hearpreneur

Not only has the current situation that 2020 has created allowed people to explore entrepreneurship, but people are also starting to realize that they should not depend on only one income stream. Thanks to Kaleb O’Shea, KwK Media LLC ! #9- Thanks to Mark Woodbury, Minerva Equity ! #12- Only more so as we move forward.

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ESG: Why Should Community Banks Care?

Board Effect

The media is reporting on ESG matters ubiquitously, and that should spark the interest of your community bank board. The fact that investors have put four times more money into ESG investment funds in 2020 than the previous year is another clue that community bank boards should consider the impact of ESG initiatives. What Is ESG?

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2019

Haystack

These combined effects have helped open new markets, new geographies, and new economic opportunities for people worldwide; they’ve also drawn the ire of privacy advocates, aspiring politicians, and the airwaves on social media and the traditional media at-large. 3/ The Streaming Media Effect.

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