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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments.

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The Long Economic Case for Snapchat

Both Sides of the Table

And they also are great for sports events (I watch the Eagles pregame videos from fans aggregated in one place, for example). If a company like MakeSpace that offers physical storage for households in NYC, Chicago and DC wants to advertise why should it waste its resources on a product that serves up ads in Austin, Texas?

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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions. So why is demographic diversity important? So why is demographic diversity important?

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

So we set out to solve them and help grow successful food businesses in DC. In addition to tutoring for the times when they may need more hands-on help, I made it a part of my company’s mission to create and aggregate resources for students. And we realized that our problem was not a unique problem.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Aggregate results carefully. Let me briefly summarize the part of the book I find most helpful (leaving a few out, which arent germane to todays topic). Not all crowds are wise.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. Youre highlighting one of the challenges that I think this kind of initiative faces, which is that there are probably only a few kids at any given school who this program can reach. Take a look and let me know what you think.