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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

Jeremy Howard : Yes and uploaded the video to YouTube on the 25th. In fact, largely I was plagiarizing from a guy called Petr Ludwig who had already done all this in the Czech Republic. Everybody in the Czech Republic is wearing masks." And so I kind of found myself immersed in the world of the Czech Republic.

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Three Lessons from the Coronavirus for Telecom Service Providers So Far

The Startup Magazine

Telecommuting via video conferencing on applications like Zoom , Microsoft Teams, Cisco and Slack are key examples of our customers helping the world’s leading enterprises enable and conduct commerce. About 29% of the U.S. workforce, 42 million, are able to work from home.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic, the idea of being an entrepreneur was new. 25- Love for video production. I started my video production company after being on set of a local artists’ music video shoot. I lent a hand when needed and fell in love with the video production process once again.

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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

Watch live video from Startup Lessons Learned on Justin.tv I've embedded it below. Please tweet your comments and photos to the #sllconf hashtag throughout the day. We'll be doing something pretty cool with all the photos. We have an amazing lineup for you today. Enjoy the simulcast, wherever you are. or Amazon , your choice). :) Thank you.

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5 ways to build company culture with a virtual team

The Next Web

While companies like Google instill a company culture through a giant, all-encompassing campus, that’s not so practical when you need to hire a designer in the Czech Republic and a social media expert in Chicago. It’s just challenging and requires even more discipline than might be necessary for a normal employee.

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24 Entrepreneurs Reveal What Entrepreneurship Means to Them

Hearpreneur

I left the Czech Republic at age 16 to pursue the American Dream. Having worked on the client side of video and marketing campaign photoshoot production, I am hyper-sensitive to the common challenges that would arise in the client/agency working relationship, particularly to costs. Image Credit: Lauren Tanzer.