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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

Minnesota is a wonderful place to hunt, fish, canoe, raise kids, and pursue lots of interests other than just your job. University of Minnesota Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. And that’s great. Only In America.

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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

Minnesota is a wonderful place to hunt, fish, canoe, raise kids, and pursue lots of interests other than just your job. University of Minnesota Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. And that’s great. Only In America.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. Name one widely acclaimed or groundbreaking technology or technique to come out of the.NET realm in the past 5 years? Now name one that didn’t come from Microsoft? I challenge you to name a 1.7 March 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm. [.]

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