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Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere Show No. 1: Richard Witten and Kathryn Minshew

Steve Blank

Here’s what he had to say: Steve : One of the surprising things for me sitting in the West Coast, is when (then New York City) Mayor Bloomberg basically dissed all (of the universities in New York and picked Cornell and the Technion for a new applied sciences and technology campus.)

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 7: Betsy Corcoran and Miriam Altman

Steve Blank

Miriam Altman got her career start through Teach for America teaching in the New York City public schools. Miriam was similarly introduced to entrepreneurship at a young age: My father, Frank Altman, is the founder and CEO of an organization called Community Reinvestment Fund. We had no idea what a hackathon was.

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The Path of Our Lives

Steve Blank

I didn’t, growing up in a New York City apartment that seemed more like an outpatient clinic. Most take what they learned in school, get a job, marry, buy a house, have a family, become a great parent, serve their god, community and country, hang with friends and live a good life. And for them that’s great.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

If you are ever interested in sharing your message with the start-up community in Atlanta, I would be more than happy to help. Martin , on June 15, 2009 at 10:24 am Said: Silicon Valley culture is not the only culture implicated in this manner as a contributor the disintegration of family and community.