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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. Board development usually falls under the nominating and governance committee.

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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

Up and Running

They’re from the University of Arkansas. They’ve already won government approval, they’ve got patents, and their team includes the scientists responsible for the technology, and has an exclusive license from the university. Image: from the New Venture Championship Blog). That’s a really good sign.

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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. I’m now in Chicago waiting for my flight to Little Rock.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

He had read my blog posts about the NSF Innovation Corps and was interested in how the first class went. He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together. Mobidemics : Using Mobile Gaming for Healthcare.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., appeared first on Bplans Blog. Let me know in the comments below. .

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Shut Up and Invest? Investors Weighing in on Politics

This is going to be BIG.

For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. If you want to sit down and debate what the size of the government should be those are arguments I’m happy to have and can stay pretty respectful around. But I don’t think that’s where we are today.