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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

laughter) Kappos: The current fees ($10-$15K) are way below our real cost ($30-$40K). Kappos: Over time we’re going to have to reoptimize to use the new Detroit office. People in Detroit are very excited about this. Some people are asking, ‘can we select Detroit to evaluate us?’ What’s the update?

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Damaged Pure Michigan Brand Impedes Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

That damage to the impression and key message of the state will cost the good state of Michigan for years to come. Outside of Detroit and a few other urban pockets in the state, it is hard to go anywhere that isn’t scenic. problems with the political leadership surrounding water safety and resources gives me pause.

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How the iPhone Got Tail Fins – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

But by 1901, Ransom Olds invented the basic concept of the assembly line and in the next decade was quickly followed by other innovators who opened large scale manufacturing plants in Detroit – Henry Packard, Henry Leland’s Cadillac, and Henry Ford with the Model A. Durant’s ultimate replacement – an accountant named Alfred P.

Detroit 305
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Some thoughts on building your team

BeyondVC

Hiring the wrong person, particularly in an early stage company, can cost you dearly. From an experience perspective, the perfect candidate will be someone who has had a VP role (if you are looking for a VP) and worked at other large brand name companies as well as been successful at earlier stage entities.

Detroit 60
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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

50:17) The Heroes Journey, Joseph Campbell (55:03) The need for human connection in leadership and what Brian hopes former employees will take with them into the world. (56:46) That meant of course initially raising money and cutting costs. We have to manage our stakeholders, raise money, diversify our business, and cut costs."

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Out of the Crisis #9, the founders of Frontline Foods on the moral imperative to support frontline workers at scale

Startup Lessons Learned

Sydney Gressel : My name is Sydney Gressel, and I'm a nurse at UCSF in the Benioff Children's Hospital in the pediatric emergency department. Ryan Sarver : My name is Ryan Sarver. Sydney Gressel : One of my favorite meditation teachers is a man named Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Here is the team behind Frontline Foods.