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[Review] The Lean Startup

YoungUpstarts

Embracing the principle of genchi gembutsu – translated in English as “go and see for yourself” – Ries regaled how Toyota’s manager for Sienna minivan Yuji Yokoya went on a 53,000 mile trip around North America to understand firsthand what consumers wanted in a minivan.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

And I believe that strength of the Y Combinator movement in America has been exactly this: take incredibly talented technologist who have a passion for an idea, let them launch it and let’s see what they produce and what the market reaction to this product will be.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

And there is no pattern more consistent in America than being a white privileged bigot not wanting to see us black people included or recognized in any efforts to create a truly diverse competitive landscape. The blockchain is service-orientated architecture like XML web services where XML is not “standardized” and neither is the delivery.

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Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment And The Land Of Opportunity In Video Game Design

YoungUpstarts

By 2015, over 200 million Americans – about 65% of America – will have smartphones or tablets. In a society obsessed with convenience and social interaction, mobile and online social games are the land of opportunity for video game designers to apply their creativity and skills. Mobile Gaming. A Career In Video Game Design Industry.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

That even though everyone in South Africa said to us, you're mad, what are you doing going to America for a sales app? A lot of times, you know, I will read a book about architecture and you know, get my best ideas even though I have nothing to do with architecture , you know? I think there's a lot to that.

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Aurora: The Next Leg of the Road Trip Begins!

Reid Hoffman

In the early decades of the 20th century, automobility at scale ushered in new patterns of living and a new era of broad-based prosperity in America. Drew Bagnell, Aurora’s CTO, led perception and overall autonomy architecture for Uber’s self-driving vehicle effort. For some time now , I’ve believed autonomous vehicles can do the same.

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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze

Both Sides of the Table

As a Jewish person I know something about this scapegoating because it is the history of my people for 2,000+ years including the Pogroms in Eastern Europe that cause my family to escape using fake passports and wind up in South America (Colombia) in search of a better life. He looked at Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Vogue, etc.