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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. And that is what we’ll do.”

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. Additionally, the tech startup community has grown so quickly that Utah has a new nickname: The Silicon Slopes. Austin in particular is a technological and cultural hub.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while being challenged to solve some of the toughest problems.”.

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

I’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. The most impactful step you can take to help America more accurately reflect our citizens’ (and your company’s) political goals is to increase voting rates.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

The odds of a startup getting a loan from the largest banks in America aren’t favorable. The explanation for the discrepancy is simple: large banks are focused on sourcing and scaling loans over one million dollars, cross-selling products to their customers, and driving down costs through standardized operating procedures and technology.

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What Are The Hallmarks of a Successful Nonprofit?

Board Effect

Among this year’s winners, joining the likes of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the Animal Rescue League of Boston, is Crisis Text Line. So, what can a new nonprofit board do to increase its chances of connecting with its community, and how can an established organization develop the flexibility to change direction when needed?

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How Federal Government Can Help Entrepreneurship

Feld Thoughts

This afternoon in Boulder I’ll be on a panel as part of the White House Startup America Roundtable. Over the past few years, I’ve spent some time thinking about how the government can help entrepreneurship. More recently, I’ve focused my energy on the Startup Visa movement and the Startup America Partnership.