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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Rather than focus the university inward on research, Terman took the radical step of encouraging Stanford professors and graduate students to start companies applying engineering to pressing military problems.

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In Boston, a School to Learn How to Work at a Startup

ReadWriteStart

They have all the needs of any business - including sales, marketing, product development and design - to go along with all of those software engineers. The six-week immersive program offers four tracks: software development, marketing, sales and business development, and product design. But there is more to it than that.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight on Latin and Central America

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A well designed trust system with reviews and ratings and dispute settlement would be necessary to prevent fraud, the way other exchanges like eBay do. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Words To Live By. and each book costs $375 retail.

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Why Small Businesses Should Adopt A Geofencing Marketing Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Say you’re an engineering company looking for more business. So you throw up a billboard right in front of Halliburton, where you know people are already flocking for engineering. For example, Massachusetts doesn’t allow geofencing near medical facilities. The Billboard Strategy. Location, location, location.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

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First up, Manik Kinra from Bangalore, India, pitched Jade Magnet , a crowd sourcing platform for creative services like logo design, website development, animation, video production, etc. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jade Magnet.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With TiE Chennai

ReadWriteStart

We also had Ajit Narayanan present AVAZ , designed by Invention Labs, a neat learning and communication product that helps people with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, mental retardation, and speech disorders to communicate. The majority of the discussion was about go-to-market strategy, channels and regulatory issues. Discuss.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

Manuel Rosso , CEO at Rosso & Flynn Modern Butcher , earned a Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a way to establish credibility, but he wishes he had started his entrepreneurial career sooner. They offer a modern, simpler way to design and bring your dream home to life. Gregg Alvarez with Myhouseby.