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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Why Netflix Is Winning The Big Data Game

YoungUpstarts

million subscribers globally, Netflix may overtake viewer numbers from the major television networks by 2016. The company plans to expand into Japan, China, Portugal, and Spain by the end of the year – marking only the beginning of their international expansion strategy. Netflix focuses on customer experience metrics.

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Strategy Roundtable: Convert Potential Competitors to Partners

ReadWriteStart

First up today was Antonio Lucena de Faria with ActionFlow from Portugal. Cristina currently has a couple of large customers in pilot mode, and is starting to show metrics on how much improvement IDES can deliver over existing analytics engines. At the end of the session, each left with specific action items.

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HBS Alumni Angels NY new chairman: Jason Klein

David Teten

We are also the second or third most active angel group in New York, depending on which metric you use. HBS Alumni Angels is a global angel group, given our chapters in 15 cities. Since then, we have grown to be the 2nd largest angel group in NY, with 130 members (vs. about 150 for Golden Seeds in New York, the largest group).

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