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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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Statisticians make the world go round

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Now every day, hundreds of thousands of people turn the news on each day, waiting to see those stats, constantly checking to see what country is doing well, what country isn’t, what vaccine is most effective , and which one isn’t, and so much more. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. New Jersey.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. On Sushi and VC.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

From a mission and purpose standpoint, we have always been about access and quality, so that was a natural place for our team to lean in harder to the support that we knew would be needed across our communities. We looked at ourselves and we said, what are we best at? What is our super power?

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

We need to wait for the government to fix it." My first job was a Product Manager at Oracle, then I worked at a tech startup called meVC. It was really myself and my boss, who was our portfolio manager. And then a year out of school, I was getting married and actually in New Jersey, but my family was visiting me.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Management. How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. New Hampshire.