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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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

Steve Blank

It’s not leadership. The military has three of the four pieces of the puzzle you need: strategy, access to technology, leadership. A little company in Seattle called Microsoft. Leadership was not the problem. Strategy, technology, leadership – those were fine. It’s not technology. Organization Design.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative high-tech thought leadership. Seattle, WA. Seattle is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, and other well-known companies, but it has recently grown into a welcoming place for startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, too.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative thought leadership. Seattle is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, and other well-known companies, but it has recently grown into a welcoming place for startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, too.

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Fad, Shmad. New Domain Extensions Like.FAMILY Are Here To Stay.

YoungUpstarts

Bill has over 20 years’ experience working in the technology industry and has held marketing or business development leadership positions at Software as a Service (SaaS) companies ranging from early stage startups to Fortune 500 companies in the greater Seattle area.

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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Atlassian is up a few points this morning, and the GitLab leadership mused that “half a billion was added to their valuation” almost overnight. Satya strikes again.

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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

In the past few years, under the leadership of Carl Schramm , the Kauffman Foundation has reasserted itself as the most significant organization thinking about, researching, and advocating for entrepreneurship as part of its mission to accelerate entrepreneurship in America.

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