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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

View from Seed

Perhaps most famously, Guy Kawasaki quipped that the value of an MBA to an entrepreneur is “probably about a negative $250,000.”. Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. Key Insights. Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Word That Could Represent Them and Their Business in 2019

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners of a word that could represent their business in 2019. On the personal side, I moved to my favorite city, Vienna, Austria, met great new friends and generally had a lot of fun this year. Here’s what they had to say: #1- Consistent. Photo Credit: Josh Swisher. 5-Excellence. 10- Tenacity.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

TaKaDu, founded in 2009, has launched its service with some of the world’s leading water utilities, including Thames Water in the UK, Wiener Wasserwerke in Austria, Sydney Water and Yarra Valley Water in Australia, Evides Waterbedrijf in the Netherlands, Hagihon in Israel and others. P&G ACQUIRES ISRAELI MEDICAL DEVICE CO CONTIPI.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark.

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How to Build a Global Center of Innovation Excellence in Salzburg, Austria

Pascal's View

To succeed in this ambitious initiative, the academic, business, and entrepreneur communities will need to collaborate closely. … First, we need to differentiate between whether Salzburg should prioritize the funding of entrepreneurs who are pursuing breakthrough innovation as opposed to incremental innovation.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. Jeremy Howard has had tremendous impact on the world of AI entrepreneurship. Jeremy Howard : Sure. Good Lord, no.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.