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Tech Focus: Pressure to Improve Drug Development Drives Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Born in Syria, Dr. Hanna began his surgical residency at the Aleppo University Medical Center and continued his studies in the United States with the intent to return to Syria to practice surgery. Hanna has introduced a new research model that merges the strengths of academia with industrial research.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

billion page views making it the largest communities of artists in the world. But an equally obvious case is BitCoin where people who live in Iran, Syria or Libya may rather put their money into non-governmental units (even knowing the risks) than to trust their local governmental leaders to protect their assets from inflation or seizure.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

We have stakeholders two or three times a day in the White House situation room, grappling with everything from the crisis in Syria to Ebola to the refugee crisis around the world,” he said. I think my catalyst for taking the class was: How would some of these business ideas be useful to generate new ideas in the academic economics community?

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

We have stakeholders two or three times a day in the White House situation room, grappling with everything from the crisis in Syria to Ebola to the refugee crisis around the world,” he said. I think my catalyst for taking the class was: How would some of these business ideas be useful to generate new ideas in the academic economics community?

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A Story About a Startup Founded by an Immigrant

The Startup Magazine

Now, Cong Son Ta helps people in need from Africa, Syria, Nepal, and more. To do that, he gives back to the community. There simply isn’t anything else on the like company created by Con Son Ta. Cong Son Ta is known for the kind person he has become as an immigrant entrepreneur. It will be interesting to see what Cong Son Ta does next!

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Bplans Briefcase: Business Stories to Keep You in the Know

Up and Running

Penda is a social enterprise: a for-profit company with the mission of improving the lives of people in the community, in this case via its affordable health clinics. Jusoor runs an entrepreneurship program in Syria. Penda, a social enterprise lead by American entrepreneur Stephanie Koczela, makes for a fascinating case study.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

They're going to look to see what impact you had in your community. 11:59) Giving people trust and autonomy and opening lines of communication as a leader, and how Mark's leadership has evolved. (14:16) 22:13) The way companies treat employees and customers and impact their communities now will them for decades to come.

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