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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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Michigan Small Biz Giveaway … and Why Not Your State and Mine Too?

Up and Running

I recently found out about this very interesting Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. If I read this right, the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is going to give half a million dollars in real money to the Michigan company that wins its grand prize at the November event. If you are in Michigan, click the links.

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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures

Steve Blank

The result – an instant technology cluster – with equity at a fraction of Silicon Valley prices. The University of Michigan is a possible first test.) In the past they had no way to monitor and manage these investments. Now they can. It might be possible to create Virtual Valley Ventures. We Ran the Experiment.

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MBA Students: Why Take an Internship When I Can Start Up?

Campus Entrepreneurship

Erik Gordon, who teaches entrepreneurship at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and University of Michigan Law School, told Inc. Some paid, some didn’t, some took equity,” says former Harvard student Danielle Weinblatt, 29. BTW, the BusinessWeek article by Erin Zlomek has some great information and anecdotes.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

Steve : … If I remember, you and I brought on Georgia Tech, and then University of Michigan and then how many more? government accelerator that takes no equity. We brought on more schools. …. Errol : The group after that is in NY it’s CUNY, NYU and Columbia. So, Errol, congratulations, you’ve created something wonderful.

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Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2

ReadWriteStart

The result – an instant technology cluster – with equity at a fraction of Silicon Valley prices. The University of Michigan is a possible first test.) In the past they had no way to monitor and manage these investments. Now they can. It might be possible to create Virtual Valley Ventures. We Ran the Experiment.

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Mentorship Community: Work-Life Balance Does Not Exist!

Brandanew

Gender equality issues such as women’s economic autonomy, linkages between paid and unpaid work, the wage gap, and pay equity will be placed in a broader analytical framework when unpaid work is integrated into the GDP.?—?Evelyn The invisibility of unpaid work results in the loss of access to social benefits as a work right.

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