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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. Celine Halioua , founder of a company called Celevity that is developing drugs to extend the lifespan of dogs, also played a key role. I am Eric Ries.

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Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities

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It’s relatively small business, but I had a big part in helping build the infrastructure for the firm and hiring people and kind of the whole business development side and just really helping a firm grow. He was getting his PhD in leadership at GW University, which is near me in the DC Metro area.

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2 Out-Of-The-Box Ways To Generate Referrals

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I think the people that have done this kind of thing, there's another organization that I profiled the book called cadre, which is in the Washington, uh, DC area. John Jantsch (05:54): So he, he just started creating these monthly get togethers and he would bring in, you know, experts and authors and, you know, it was very, almost curated.

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The Lean Startup Bundle

Startup Lessons Learned

And even if you dont buy this bundle, one beneficial side-effect of my research for it is this cool list of Lean Startup tools curated by twtpick.in. And even if you dont buy this bundle, one beneficial side-effect of my research for it is this cool list of Lean Startup tools curated by twtpick.in.

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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

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Customers and Hiring Use your referral system for hiring. Another great example is Derek and Melanie Coburn in Washington DC. He brought a group of folks together and they started curating content for their businesses. Create buzz Keep things exciting by offering rewards or contests for referrals.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2019

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It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. it could be your next investor or a big customer or the next president of the U.S. or maybe just #GrumpyCat. Headed to SX?

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The importance of an Always Be Learning life

Austin Startup

I read a lot of curated material, such as what The Aspen Institute provided us in my Henry Crown Fellowship. I learn a lot about America, Israel, and DC at AIPAC and we are proud supporters of the organization at Hurt Family Investments. One podcast that I really love, and is not tech, is Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History.

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