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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders.

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Statisticians make the world go round

The Startup Magazine

Statistics have been vital to the way our governments have provided their citizens with information on the pandemic. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. It may come as no surprise that the most common employer of statistics students is usually the government. California, San Francisco. New Jersey.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area. I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for?

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

We then added and monetized Fantag Manager, which gave users a cloud platform for managing all their video, as well as more advanced features such as adding monetization options, creating additional highlights, and generating highlight reels. Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. San Jose Mercury News: Maker Faire Mixes Business With Wackiness. government policy. management.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect. and an investor in Right Side Capital Management (RSCM). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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