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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs, lows and pivots that pushed them forward. . … program to become an entrepreneur: …I was on my way to the Ph.D… So I started my PhD program.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

We have 3 core programs, see to learn, see to earn, and see to be safe. Our clear vision workplace program, for example, screens the eyes of workers in the factories who are producing products for multinational brands. Our level of solidarity, agility, graciousness, determination and ‘can-do’ during this, continues to inspire me.

Jordan 77
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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

We have 3 core programs, see to learn, see to earn, and see to be safe. Our clear vision workplace program, for example, screens the eyes of workers in the factories who are producing products for multinational brands. Our level of solidarity, agility, graciousness, determination and ‘can-do’ during this, continues to inspire me.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

I suddenly lose my ability to judge if our marketing programs are being effective. Use pilot programs. This is true for split-testing features, but it’s also true for marketing programs or even operations changes. In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi.

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7 Highlights from Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

The result is a combination of design thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile Scrum, and Ignacio’s innovation team includes 25 coaches who train employees in PACE best practices. . … Let's see what works well, what doesn't work well for us, for our organization, for our culture.’ We tried to define the best for us, and then we started practicing.”

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). The Dutch ‘invented’ the limited liability corporation with the inception of the Dutch East India Company. A conducive business environment.

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[Review] How Children Succeed

YoungUpstarts

While certain traits appear to be inborn and genetically predetermined (like the mathematical ability of kid savants in India), the majority of one’s intellectual and social skills and habits can be developed. Bucking conventional wisdom, character traits – like intelligence – can be malleable.

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