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Hacking for Defense @ StanfordĀ 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

We also understand that growth brings opportunities for our team to learn and develop, which is incredibly motivating. Think of it as cultivating a garden; each product we develop, each client we assist, and every retail, D2C ecommerce, and SaaS business I mentor, are seeds we're sowing. Thanks to Ryan Stone, Lambda Films ! #12-

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

We have won vacations with the other companies we partner with. My team dedicated their time to creating a sense of community. Our membership network of thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs across hundreds of local chapters nationwide feel like they belong to an entire community now. 12- Launching a new company.

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Multiculturalism: Lorie Valle-Yanez on driving diversity initiatives into business benefits

Transformify

Since joining MassMutual in 2008, she has developed a diversity and inclusion platform to help the company solve challenges, grow in new markets, and instill innovation in a conservative industry. Lorie, you were raised in Hawaii where inclusion and belonging are a way of life. in Organizational Behavior.

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What I Read On Spring Break

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I just spent a week off the grid in Hawaii with my partner Ryan, his wife Katherine, and their son. Last year on spring break we cancelled a trip to Hawaii (with the McIntyres) because of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan.

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What I Learned from 500 Educators ā€“ Build Back Better Summit ā€“ Results

Steve Blank

With the theme ā€œBuild Back Betterā€ Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what weā€™ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. Hereā€™s what we learned. — Background.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My business partner – Anton and I started Fantastic Services as a solution to a problem. My partner and I originally started a business for all the classic ā€œselfishā€ reasons ā€“ we wanted to follow our own path, we wanted the flexibility to work from anywhere, we wanted to remove the cap on our potential income.