Board Effect

MARCH 31, 2023

Or consider the case of the breach that affected the Partnership HealthPlan of California, a nonprofit organization that manages health care for counties in California. A ransomware group stole the private data of 850,000 members including social security numbers. The board needs to have a clear vision of who-does-what after a breach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

Conscious leadership. I see conscious capitalism providing leadership at just the right time – for young entrepreneurs who are a bit disillusioned with the image of “business” today, but want to be profitable without sacrificing trust, reputation, and credibility with their peers and stakeholders important to them.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments. Leadership over backbenchers? Are you willing to give them the benefit of the doubt?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

Working in Sales & Marketing for Midas Event Supply (MES) in Ontario, California, he became a skilled trade show representative to club managers. Lot of charisma, lot of skill but his real forte was leadership. Zack’s next career move was to turn to the business side of golf.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Four decades later, and thanks to sound financial decisions and clear leadership, Disney is one of the most successful brands and companies in the world. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Under his leadership Airbnb’s authentic generosity takes CSR to a whole new level. Henrique co-founded Brex, a financial service and tech company based in San Francisco, California. He is now assisting 20,000 Afghan refugees with free, temporary housing. They are leading the way for innovation in the new normal, brilliant!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2018

The answer lies in a nursing home in California. They only give employees one more thing they have to do. So how can leaders increase engagement without alienating employees with more programs? I was researching nursing homes for an upcoming book, and this one was unusually bad.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

» Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. , AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] The rest is worth reading as well. steve Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. on June 29, 2009 at 3:56 pm Said: [.] carry on reading.

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JULY 7, 2009

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

This year, with the kids grown, their choice was to fly up from Southern California and spend the holidays at our ranch. California, where even the rabbits are bigger than life! Imu turkey can’t be beat if you’re trying to exceed any rational amount of salt intake.) Your ranch has rattlesnakes and rabbits bigger than you?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. He and his wife Gwen would found the Computer Museum, first in the lobby of DEC headquarters, then in Boston (and now as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.) The response from across the country? We’re building a supercomputer.”

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APRIL 10, 2009

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

» Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. , AKPC_IDS += "1128,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] tags: vc entrepreneurship) [.] Reply Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40? on September 28, 2009 at 11:56 am Said: [.] carry on reading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. Since then, Brant and Patrick have been tireless advocates for the whole Lean Startup movement. A good way to think about market segment is by thinking about fishing.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2020

A cross-cultural study conducted by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, found that conflict is both liberating and fundamental to team success. It’s really about our relationship to conflict and our fear about it that makes it difficult, more so than the conflict itself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 29, 2015

We just love sharing articles about fonts, logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! California drought threatens even oldest water rights crowdspring.co/1HhWMwF. 5 Things Mad Men Taught Us About Leadership crowdspring.co/1GccESV.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. I started SMR Leadership Solutions, LLC to help coach and train organizations and individuals to be the best they could possibly be in their personal and professional lives. Thanks to Stacy Roberts, SMR Leadership Solutions, LLC ! #8

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Board Effect

MARCH 17, 2021

Gloria Mark, a professor at the University of California, studies the issue of digital distraction. Nonprofit boards that are performing marginally will find it difficult to attract and retain quality talent for the board and executive leadership positions.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is Kevin McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Alvaka Networks, a network services and security firm in Irvine, California. By Kevin McDonald. Attackers use social media and professional pages to understand their targets. So what does phishing look like?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

his next article on SuperMac, “Building the Killer Team – Mission, Intent, and Values&# , Steve further pounds the table on some principles of leadership that I think are [.] Reply How to close a term sheet quickly - Venture Hacks , on April 28, 2009 at 10:43 am Said: [.]

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2019

Since transitioning into that leadership position, I’ve sought to balance preserving long-held company values with modernizing our processes to keep up with an evolving landscape. When I assumed the leadership role, I was surprised to learn that 80 percent of our employees had been with the company for 20 years.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Finally, since no one would believe a set of benchmarks named after our company, we needed a façade of independence, so we named them after the street the company was headquartered on in Sunnyvale California – they became known as the Potrero Benchmarks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting that 6 of top 10 cities with happiest young professionals are in California - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

A creator and producer of social media, Michael’s responsibilities include leadership for the design team, concept creation and strategic consulting for highly engaging interactive experiences. He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

When Terman said no, Sylvania, a tube company which built proximity fuse tubes in WWII, won the contract and set up its Electronic Defense Lab (EDL) in Mountain View California in the middle of an orchard. The Army offered Fred Terman, the Dean of Engineering at Stanford, a $5M contract to build an electronics countermeasures lab.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 17, 2024

Industry events give your leadership and board members opportunities to share resources and network, as well as learn about best practices, industry trends and innovations. Speakers will talk on such issues as job sharing, social media, remote leadership, building media relationships, and more.

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MAY 28, 2009

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2018

Conscious leadership. The B-Corp status, already available in thirty states, including New York and California, is meant to reduce investor suits, and gives consumers an easy way to spot genuine social commitment, without assuming it is a nonprofit.

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