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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

YoungUpstarts

This divide between America’s doggedly industrious approach on the one hand, and the less-relentless global approach on the other, might make it seem that a corporate culture developed for a U.S. I was a founder and former CEO of Mustang Engineering, and from 2005 through 2014, Mustang opened several international offices.

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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, science and engineering at both Stanford and U.C. Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. We’ve gone global as well.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

When you’re building a startup and can’t hire the engineers you need, can’t retain staff, can’t get press coverage and can’t hire sales people – it certainly affects you. Why the bad side of bubbles affects entrepreneurs & investors alike. That’s not true.

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Manjit Singh Sahota on Energy Tech Innovation in Oil and Gas Exploration

The Startup Magazine

Automated drilling means that fewer engineers are needed to achieve the same results and may lower the cost of drilling once the expensive equipment is paid for. Cyberattacks, sabotage, and terrorism can affect oil and gas production, as has recently been seen in Saudi Arabia.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. Her work has been commended in leading industry publications and gives her unique strategic insights into the global healthcare ecosystem.

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The Artificial Intelligence Opportunity: A Camel to Cars Moment

Occam's Razor

You’ll learn all about the Global Maxima, definitions of AI/ML/DL, and the implications related to the work we do day to day. I lived in Saudi Arabia for almost three years. No steam engines. I’ve covered AI earlier: Artificial Intelligence: Implications On Marketing, Analytics, And You. Think about it for a moment.

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This I Believe: A Manifesto for a Magnificent Career

Occam's Razor

My professional career spans three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and the United States. My career spans customer service, engineering, finance, product development, marketing, sales, and corporate functions. A superstar you working at max awesomeness can solve for a local maxima. " Bonus: Also see #5 above.