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AVIXA’s Heidi A. Voorhees on Thinking Differently

Startup Professionals Musings

EDUCATION Bachelor of arts, majoring in commercial recreation/business, Central Michigan University; master of business administration, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY JOB My experience is in association management and events/trade shows. Voorhees, CAE. and Eved).

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Often former government employees, at the level of GS-15 and below, will leave as staffers and return the next day working for large Beltway contractors, working or managing the same programs they previously worked.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Each of these GM divisions focused on its own day-to-day operations with each division general manager responsible for the division’s profit and loss. There’s the Alfred P.

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Jason Returns to the 313 for Startup Grind Detroit on April 5th

Feld Thoughts

In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. from the University of Michigan. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture.

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Damaged Pure Michigan Brand Impedes Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. The focus of this post is about the damage that has been done to the state of Michigan’s brand, Pure Michigan. Pure Michigan is (or was) a brilliant brand.

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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+

YoungUpstarts

the University of Michigan, administrators are excited about using Google+ for better campus communication, especially collaboration. Google Plus Hangouts are a great place for alumni to connect with other student, faculty, and staff, building connections and facilitating opportunities within the university community.

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Mentorship Community: Work-Life Balance Does Not Exist!

Brandanew

Our guest speaker, Zsanett Czifrus is a TEDx speaker, a Yoga teacher and an Operations Manager- all rolled into one. The community was diverse with women entrepreneurs, working moms and senior professionals. The glimmer of hope though, also came from the community. The post Mentorship Community: Work-Life Balance Does Not Exist!

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