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How Technology Can Support AI Ethics and Governance for Mission-Driven Organizations

Board Effect

AI ethics and governance have come into focus as nonprofits seek to implement AI responsibly. Your board is ultimately responsible for effectively overseeing AI ethics and governance. Why Your Organization Needs an AI Ethics and Governance Framework AI programs are a draw for nonprofit organizations because they streamline processes.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. Instead, they search and pivot until product-market fit is found. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. How Venture Studios Work.

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

For sustainable, valuable search traffic, you’d better provide it. Satisfying search intent is Google’s fundamental goal. A page that’s well-matched for user intent can outperform those that optimize primarily for search engines—in search and after the click. How Google (and others) define search intent.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

The Board’s Role in Executive Search. Search Spotlight. While the “magic” of any executive transition typically is what happens before and after recruitment, the search still is an essential – and rigorous – process. It also can be boiled down to show what documents you’ll need for implementing an effective search process.

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6 Realistic Tactics For Funding Charitable Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

The advantage is no time and effort is spent searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and no repayment terms or collateral are required. Government grants. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional philanthropy.

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7 Ways To Validate Your Business Idea Before Starting

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. Sometimes your solution is impressive, but mass acceptance requires a big culture change, a large support system, or government legislation. Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Yet while we had plenty of language and tools for execution, we had none for search. The result?

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