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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The second is a preference for product over strategy. Pretotyping is about what to do before the minimum viable product. Doing it well bakes into the system a preference for hypotheses rather than opinions; fast experiments rather than big plans; and testing ideas and strategies, not just products and technologies.

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How Is Your Company Dealing With Diversity?

YoungUpstarts

by Jesmane Boggenpoel , author of “ My Blood Divides and Unites: Race, Identity, Reconciliation “ As the world becomes more globalized and advancement in technology continues to evolve, diversity in the workplace will continue to grow, making it more common to deal with clients, customers, and employees from all over the world.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO. link] leehower.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Winding Tree drives the development of open source protocols for the travel industry, starting with ORG.ID, a global registry of business entities that streamlines access to APIs in an automated and secure way without the need for third parties.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills. Claudia: Believe in yourself and be relentless in pursuing what makes your product or service worthwhile. What big-picture problems does it solve?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Poland to Argentina

ReadWriteStart

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. In addition, we had attendees from many other parts of the world. I would focus on one category as Zappos did.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

As the world faces a global health and economic crisis, now, more than ever, is the time to double down on innovation strategies?—?and and that starts with collaboration and nurturing productive partnerships. it will create breakthroughs that change lives as products move from experimentation to mainstream applications.