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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

While I authored this blog post, this class is a team project. Joe Felter , retired Army Colonel; and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania; and William J. In our post class survey 86% of the students said that the class had impact on their immediate next steps in their career.

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The 10 Best Teams Ever Assembled (And What We Can Learn From Them)

YoungUpstarts

As one author put it , the SEALs are the Navy’s elite, and Team Six are the SEALs’ elite. The influence of the music made by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr on music and culture cannot be overstated. What we can learn from them: They’re living testaments to what the human body can do. The Beatles.

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6 great athlete-entrepreneurs and what they accomplished

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George Foreman. Today, more 100 million George Foreman Grills later, he is one of the leading entrepreneurs in the world, with a line of clothing, and a cleaning product company among others. In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. Venus Williams.

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25 Famously Successful People Who Started Off Freelancing

YoungUpstarts

At the age of 14, this famous author of Fahrenheit 451 met George Burns one day and parlayed that into a paid writing gig for the Burns and Allen radio show. The eventual author of The Jungle paid his way through City College of New York by writing jokes and fiction for pulp and boys’ magazines, graduating at just 19.

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America’s founding entrepreneurs: revolution at work

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George Foreman. Today, more 100 million George Foreman Grills later, he is one of the leading entrepreneurs in the world, with a line of clothing, and a cleaning product company among others. In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. Venus Williams.

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23 Quotes on the Value and Danger of Money

Up and Running

We’ve gathered 23 quotes from some of the world’s most famous authors, speakers, philosophers, comedians, and leaders; and no, they don’t all agree about the role of money in life. ” — Tennessee Williams; Tweet this! ” — George Monbiot; Tweet this! ” — Chris Rock; Tweet this!

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Book #14: 1776

Jeff Hilimire

I’m always impressed by authors that can make history books read like fiction books. Fast-paced and story-driven, this book puts you right in the action of the beginnings of the Revolutionary War, focusing mainly on George Washington. One of the easiest 5-star reviews I’ve given.