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The Joy Of Being Detained By U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Feld Thoughts

After a really fun day yesterday in Waterloo at Communitech , which is really impressive, I woke up at 4:30am to make my 6:30am flight from Toronto to Chicago on my way to Little Rock, Arkansas where I’m speaking at the launch of Startup Arkansas. He handed me back my customs form and said “Put your correct address on this.”

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What Is the Difference Between Leadership and Management for a Nonprofit?

Board Effect

The former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee , said: “A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here’s where we are going to go, here’s why we need to go there, and here’s how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.”.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. He had read my blog posts about the NSF Innovation Corps and was interested in how the first class went. Principal Investigator: Nilanjan Banerjee University of Arkansas.

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Ride a New Set of Unwritten PR Rules to Coverage in the Largest Blogs and Publications on the Planet

Duct Tape Marketing

Unwritten Rule #1 – Large blog networks needs lots of news every day in order to generate the page views that pay their bills. Unwritten Rule #2 – Most traditional media outlets no longer have the staff to find the hottest news and rely on large blog networks and social media to identify trends and news. Think of it this way.

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Global Moot Was a “Hoot:” The Best of the Best MBA Startups

Austin Startup

[A quick sidenote: I've been covering this intersection of life sciences, bioengineering, materials science, augmented & virtual reality, and alternative UI design on my professional blog for the past year. For example, check out posts on bio-printing and haptic tech. -

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

com What it does: Gathers, tracks, analyzes and reports on what people are saying about a brand, on blogs and through comments and posts on social media sites. It’s decent at capturing blog and Twitter-based content but not as accurate at capturing content that is behind a ‘sign-in’ gate, most notably Facebook. UPCOMING WEBINARS.