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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

At the end of the quarter, each of the teams gave a final “Lessons Learned” presentation. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

At the end of the quarter each of the eight teams give a final “Lessons Learned” presentation. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery. What a year.

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Everything You Need to Know Before Your First Day as a Civil Engineer

The Startup Magazine

Pursuing a career as a professional civil engineer will make for a challenging yet highly rewarding and varied working life, and whether you have followed the more traditional route of a bachelor’s degree from a university or have worked your way up from an apprenticeship, continue reading.

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Analyst Cam: IFS Verticals - Construction and Engineering

deal architect

This time it is Chris Knight, Global Industry Director for Construction and Engineering presenting on trends. As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series.

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2 Creative Ways To Fuel Your Referral Engine

Duct Tape Marketing

2 Creative Ways To Fuel Your Referral Engine written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Key Takeaway: I’m doing a series on Referral Generation where I’m presenting what I’m calling the seven grades of referral fuel. The Ultimate Marketing Engine: 5 Steps to Ridiculously Consistent Growth.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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How Sin-Mei Tsai, Shippo’s VP of Engineering, Defines Code Quality

Version One Ventures

This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. And she has not only been instrumental to Shippo, but also an extremely valuable resource to other engineering leaders in the Version One family. Functional quality. Defects are cheapest to address when found early.