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Technology is The Key to ESG Transparency for Nonprofits

Board Effect

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards and principles are a way to demonstrate an organization’s commitment larger societal issues. ESG Requires Scrutiny The practice of ESG means scrutiny on your own internal procedures: Are you hiring with diversity in mind?

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). We hired union laborers to do that. I wasn’t surprised.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. If you hire subcontractors or friends to do some work, get assignment agreements as well.). You have whatever protection is defined in the contract (e.g.,

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

After poring through stacks of reports, white papers and position papers, I’ve come to a couple of conclusions. They hire local employees or family. They hire the best and the brightest. 1) They sure killed a ton of trees. They are anyone who runs his/her own business. Most are barely profitable.

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Startup Outlook from Silicon Valley Bank

Growthink Blog

And listen up Washington - 83 percent of them plan to hire in the coming year. And Government Just Gets in the Way. Secrets of Startup Investing We just updated our white paper " Secrets of Startup Investing: Where to Win Now. " And They Believe as I do, that America’s Decline has Been Greatly Exaggerated.

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Transcript of Increase Profits Through Specialization

Duct Tape Marketing

” If you’re a writer, you might say, “I write white papers,” or I’m this kind of writer. That’s such a nice thing to be in that the US federal government tries to keep people out of that place because it’s so nice. They wouldn’t have to spend money hiring me.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. But as the world is starting to flatten the curves, the economic impact is just beginning. Help is not exactly on the way.

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