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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

I’ve known Professor Cristobal Garcia since 2010 when he hosted my first visit to Catholic University in Santiago of Chile and to southern Patagonia. He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. How to map stakeholders and systems’ dynamics?

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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

Hearpreneur

Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. We now have campuses in the US, Chile, and Venezuela, with more than 400 graduates and a job placement ratio of 90%. How did you come up with your business name? 4Geeks Academy is a combination of two things.

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New Partner Joins #GoRemote - Britcham Chile

Transformify

We’re excited to welcome our newest partner, the British Chilean Chamber of Commerce (Britcham Chile), joining the supporters of the #GoRemote campaign. Britcham Chile specializes in providing market insight and assistance to UK companies wishing to enter the Chilean market.

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Biz Dev Tips for Startups – The ‘First Meeting’

VC Cafe

Here are a few lessons I learnt from having hundreds of business meetings in Australia, Chile, and the USA. ’, “Well the next step would be submit this to my manager”, ‘OK, then after you’ve done that, what’s next?’, Don’t pitch, listen. Listen to what they have to say. .

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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

Second, we should examine how our competencies (eg a teacher’s ability to do planning and manage people) can undertake “skill transformation” to suit a specific business. First, we should focus on businesses that converge with both our passion and what people are willing to pay for. 4 Compelling offer.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

All data privacy, time management, productivity and project management requirements of the clients are discussed, and custom solutions are provided on an individual basis. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution. During the test period, the candidates work out of the coworking offices of Transformify ‘s partners.

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How To Get The Most Out Of A Startup Accelerator

ReadWriteStart

I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston. An accelerator involves smaller amounts of capital, smaller amounts of equity and a shorter time frame, while an incubator usually involves bringing in an outside management staff and giving up more equity. – Stephanie Kaplan , Her Campus Media. Be Proactive.