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Innovating Municipal Government Culture

Steve Blank

Widder is the Vice President of Innovation and holds the Steve Blank Innovation Chair at Philadelphia University. He’s helping city government in Philadelphia become more innovative by applying Lean startup methods and Philadelphia University’s innovation curriculum. Building a Government Innovation Curriculum.

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"The Startup Way" is Headed to London

Startup Lessons Learned

“A remarkably useful playbook that every business, government, and nonprofit needs to ignite the spark of innovation and fuel the fire of change.” From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere. Next stop on the book tour: London.

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Two Weeks until "The Startup Way"

Startup Lessons Learned

“Mission critical reading.” -- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You In just a few weeks, my new book, The Startup Way , will be available in print, digital, and audio formats. Here’s the current list of my planned stops.

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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management. Prior to joining ff Venture Capital, Franklin was a summer analyst at J.P.

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How do I find a developer to help me with my idea?

www.scottporad.com

Mike, a entrepreneur from Philadelphia, wrote to me with a brief summary of a new business idea he’s working on, and then posed three questions to me about finding a programmer to help him develop the idea. If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community.

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What eCommerce Startups Need to Know About Online Sales Tax

Up and Running

Follow internet business tax laws to stay compliant with applicable government agencies, like the IRS and your state. Basically, your business is the middle-man between consumers and the government. But, you do not immediately send payment to your state or local government. As the owner of a U.S.-based The end user (i.e.,

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How To Lose Fat And Gain Muscle With Venture Capital

David Teten

At the American Society for Cell Biology Conference last month in Philadelphia, they described their approach as emulating venture capital by maximizing investigator productivity and investing in a portfolio of strong investigators. Nguyen observes that the NIH is taking note of some issues with misallocation of funding incentives.