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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Almaz Negash, Managing partner of Entwine Global- 57% of 10m women in USA graduated from college, 64% of 862m women global are literate, 70% are women of poorest people, un wants to cut poverty by 50% of worlds poverty by 2015, Cartoonist (steaming from TEDWomen event in D.C.) - women+humor=change, Shaherose Charania, CEO & Co-Founder of WOmen (..)

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Almaz Negash, Managing partner of Entwine Global- 57% of 10m women in USA graduated from college, 64% of 862m women global are literate, 70% are women of poorest people, un wants to cut poverty by 50% of worlds poverty by 2015, Cartoonist (steaming from TEDWomen event in D.C.) – women+humor=change, Shaherose Charania, CEO & Co-Founder of (..)

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Work Is Love Made Visible

YoungUpstarts

Whole countries such as Bangladesh will be flooded, should we see such a dramatic rise of our oceans. Global Warming is already a major contributor to unpredictable and often devastating changes in weather patterns. A large number of experts suggest that by the turn of the century the sea levels will rise by as much as two meters.

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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

India, Bangladesh or other countries do not have quality VA's, but the Filipinos learn English in school, do not tend to be entrepreneurial (thus are less likely to steal ideas), and are culturally service-oriented. This made me realize how many other tasks I was able to accomplish during that time frame. Step1: Finding a VA.

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The Impact of Techbikers – Part II

VC Cafe

9 libraries established in India, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. 10 Literacy Instruction programmes implemented in South Africa, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. With the money we’ve raised since 2012, Room to Read have done the following: **Techbikers Impact** : 4 schools constructed in Nepal. 50 teachers trained in South Africa.

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