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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

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Design Museum Boston

Up and Running

” That was the question one of my students asked me three years ago when I quietly told him my plan to start a design museum in Boston with my friend and business partner, Derek Cascio. Before we get too deep, a little bit about me: my name is Sam Aquillano and I’m the Director of Design Museum Boston. Stay tuned!).

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

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Out of the Crisis #17: Max Henderson on Covid Act Now, exponential growth, and how to help

Startup Lessons Learned

My name is Eric Ries. As the name suggests, Covid Act Now is not just a model, it's not just about data. Max Henderson : Hey, my name is Max Henderson and I'm the CEO and founder of Covid Act Now. Max Henderson : distributed around the country and the world. Are we really ready to reopen here in the U.S.? Eric Ries : Max.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

Before that I was an equal partner in Kaggle, which is a popular data science competition community. I was chatting to the people actually from the bar via Twitter DM and they sent me photos and they told me all their names and they described exactly what happened. Eric Ries : Well, you have a domain name in a website.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

My name is Eric Ries. Sal Khan : My name is Sal Khan. Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something. It's actually our partners, NWEA that published their assessment. Overnight, we became a nation of homeschoolers. Listen, homeschooling has its benefits. Here's my conversation with Sal Khan.