Community Oakland Operations Partner 
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
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. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2020
This struggle pales in comparison to what the Black community is suffering through. We must educate ourselves on the systemic issues the Black community faces and has faced regularly. For those that don’t know, I live in downtown Oakland which has been one of the protest flashpoints. Black Lives Matter. That is true now.
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Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2020
Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In In other words, they've more than proved their plan can work--so much so that Bitwise now operates in two more cities and plans to keep growing.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 17, 2020
As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."
Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2019
The other change is that universities, instead of being passive, have become active in building an entrepreneurial community. I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while solving some of the toughest problems.” They’ve become outward-facing universities. What prompted these insights?
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 22, 2020
35:50) Building community on text messages and threads. (38:30) I live in Oakland with my husband and now my dog. My partner has a start-up and we went to his office and borrowed a bunch of office equipment and set up some real home offices. We're no longer operating at the speed of government. How are you both doing?
Up and Running
JANUARY 22, 2015
In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. Purringtons will operate both as a restaurant and as a shelter where cats live on-site; they even plan on adopting out the cats to interested patrons. Do something that fits your community.
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