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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Project Agrippa , for example, piloted a new “ Hacking for Strategy ” initiative inspired by their experience in Stanford’s “ Technology, Innovation and Modern War ” class that Raj Shah, Joe Felter and I taught last fall. Steve Weinstein , 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

The thrill of innovation and the desire to make a difference in the world through technology constantly fuels our drive. 10- Take on new challenges and continuously evolve Photo Credit: Ankit Prakash At the core, my motivation to grow my software product technology company isn't merely about revenue figures or market dominance.

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The Rapid Evolution of Generative AI Video footage

VC Cafe

Progress in generative AI technologies for video has also be moving very fast, but it’s generally less talked about than text and images, which already have products with wide consumer adoption. Meta’s Make-A-Video builds on the recent progress made in text-to-image generation technology built to enable text-to-video generation.

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Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth Says Video Games Were What Hooked Him On Tech

Hunter Walker

Hunter Walk: For me, two formative moments with technology occurred pre-adulthood: Print Shop on the Mac and Alt.Net newsgroups. AB : With only one exception (visiting my aunt and uncle in Hawaii) every vacation we took as a family was to pile into the car and get to the great outdoors.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Doing A 50 Mile Race For The First Time

Feld Thoughts

While we were in Hawaii, Amy and I decided that it’d be too much for her to come sherpa. But due to the magic of technology, she’s close by and I’m thinking of her a lot. She’s still struggling with a broken wrist and she didn’t want to add anything else to what I had to do or think about.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Maryland was the first U.S.