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The Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital User Experience

YoungUpstarts

To successfully compete in today’s digital world, companies must design user experiences that resonate with customers and keep engaged. However, in the race to design smart capabilities, many businesses commit one or more “deadly sins” that can compromise the growth and viability of their business. Don’t ignore the wrath of your users.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. By the end the class all of the teams realized that the problem as given by the sponsor had morphed into something bigger, deeper and much more interesting. He’s now the CEO/founder of the AI-focussed defense contractor Anduril Industries.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Designer – Good design can make or break a product so make sure you have someone who can think about and drive all design aspects of your business – from brand/logos, the appearance of the product and marketing materials.

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A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store!

This is going to be BIG.

I’m thrilled to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ investment in Tinybop , a new Brooklyn-based studio building the most creative and thoughtfully-designed educational apps for kids. I’d also like to thank my former colleague, Phin Barnes at First Round Capital, for introducing Tinybop to Mitch Kapor.

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Cannabis Entrepreneurs Coming to Austin

Austin Startup

The last session of the event begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, April 20 and features a Pitch Competition showcasing three cannabis-based startups from around the United States: Lumen (Oakland), BDTNDR (Austin) and FLUX (Dallas). Whichever of these three startups most impresses the ACE judges receives a $1500 cash prize!

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Super Bowls and Scenes

Austin Startup

And, if the trend in recent years holds true, a number of the plans will be designed around commercializing technology or other discoveries originating with university research. Formerly known as the Moot Corp competition, this program is the “super bowl&# of MBA business plan pitches.