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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

I’ve known Edmund Pendleton from the University of Maryland as the Director of the D.C. National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). I-Corps participants are at the “pre-company” stage.)

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9 Unlikely Entrepreneurs Who Changed The Market

YoungUpstarts

Before starting the multinational Internet and software corporation with Larry Page, Brin was a student at the University of Maryland, studying mathematics and computer science. Together, the two developed new search engine designs and algorithms, which led to the creation of the PageRank system and later Google. Walt Disney.

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Introducing: Ask a New Investor

Hippoland

Pocket will be joining me on Tues 12/6 at 9pm PT and in her words, invests in: Smart Hardware Next-gen Consumer Tech AI-powered Enterprise Tech Diverse Founders Teams based in Asia Pre-Seed/Seed Stage Elizabeth Galbut is a venture capitalist and business designer.

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How to Make the Perfect Startup Pitch

The Startup Magazine

Design is critical to a startup pitch. This is the age of billion-dollar startups like Tumblr and Fab, which have “ simple, beautiful, intuitive design at their core ,” according to the Young Entrepreneur Council. From graphics and other media to a polished startup pitch template, you can capture your audience’s attention.

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Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet Some of Austin’s Female Founders

Austin Startup

She currently helps to design, coordinate, and facilitate youth leadership, civic engagement, and social innovation programs with nonprofits, organizations, and the U.S. She has a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Maryland-College Park. Department of State.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? And so my basic idea is that, I think this is probably because of my background as a designer, I like to take a very systematic approach. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment.

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Open Doors: Kimberly Wilson on building a strong connection with the community

Transformify

VMFA executive leadership team members are out at these events and are the primary representatives in attendance. We participate in job fairs around the state, including the Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia, areas. These are our guidelines, but we expand them to broaden our reach to potential candidates.