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These Five Principles Will Accelerate Innovation

Steve Blank

The original Innovation Pipeline sketch – 2016. I spent yesterday sifting through the most recent lessons learned and results from a series of accelerators BMNT is running for the intelligence community. A Navy team recently sourced 80 problems, then curated down to one priority problem to solve.

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Hacking for Defense @ StanfordĀ 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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Opportunity Hub Partners with Capital Factory To Bridge Opportunity Gap

Austin Startup

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. In 2016, OHUB pioneered HBCU@SXSW at SXSW. Placement is 90%!

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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth ColĆ³n

The Startup Magazine

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Ownersā€™ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administrationā€™s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Womenā€™s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

There is a common belief in the angel and venture capital community that you put your money on the best team, rather than the best idea. Do your networking with investors well before the funding pitch. Investors are wary of ā€œequal partners,ā€ who may jeopardize a timely decision. Solo entrepreneurs rarely find an investor.

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

Iā€™ve broken them into three buckets: A) Voting and census; B) Push media companies to inform Americans accurately; and C) Outreach to your employees and community. In 2016, an estimated 100 million eligible voters did not cast a vote. Nudge your employees, customers, and community to complete the census.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

In addition, we were lucky enough to finally find reliable partners, thus adding a few more services to our portfolio – like Locksmith and Childcare. We finally found a reliable partner and I am very confident that this service will be as successful as the others we deliver. Thanks to Rune Sovndahl, Fantastic Services ! #3-