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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

through the Lean Launchpad class. He wanted to fly out to Stanford and sit in the Lean LaunchPad class about to start in the engineering school. He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together.

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

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. Not that we should have more committees.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. Not that we should have more committees.