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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. By doing so, we’d keep restaurants busy (and their employees working), inject funds into the local community, and ease the burden on food banks.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

Joining me in the Stanford University studio were: Tiffani Bell , co-founder of the Detroit Water Project. Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills. Clay Hebert.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

Hearpreneur

This year we will hit our 100,000th person on experiential tours of Detroit and launch a new program that shares lessons learned with other leaders. The DXF Institute will offer in-depth full-day and multi-day learning experiences in Detroit. These experiences will focus on innovation and inspiration by using Detroit as a classroom.

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CEO Kryptonite - What Savvy Company Leaders Avoid At All Costs

YoungUpstarts

They take the time to groom capable employees into leadership roles for each and every company function. As an executive, if you allow employees to ask you questions every time they don’t know the answer you’ll end up spending a chunk of your day doing your employees’ work for them. Wear Many Hats. Answer Questions.

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When You Need To Know – Use A Keylogger

YoungUpstarts

Children can be stalked by online predators, and company employees can waste valuable work time in search of personal information. The problem continues in the work world where 64 percent of employees were found to spend company time on internet sites that were not work-related. Alarming Statistics. Finding a Solution.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

There was a computer training lab run by a company called Prosoft, but that's like having an Apex Tech and expecting to be the next Detroit. It connects them to all the companies they've met, invested in, the bigger companies that could acquire their companies and hundreds if not thousands of employees that have worked within their portfolio.

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

David Teten

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?’ Kappos: 95% of our employees are union members. We’ll try to bring in automotive experts.