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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

Levine was an early proponent of agile and is a veteran of systems change and technology management. I’ve spent my career doing large-scale high impact technology management for major US institutions. Before I wrote my first book I spent a few weeks at a University of Michigan seminar on lean product development.

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Six Rebellious Beliefs That Can Change The Workplace

YoungUpstarts

Known for its joy-making philosophy, Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has made Inc. For example, BambooHR , a software development company based in Utah, has an anti-workaholic policy. Joy can open brains to better see connections and more options to solve work problems. magazine’s fastest growing U.S.

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Those Beautiful Nest Eggs

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Tony was a fresh U of Michigan grad and part of a small team that worked on low-level software and hardware to develop prototypes of PDAs (the ancient predecessors of what is now an iPhone) that companies like Sony, Panasonic and Motorola would manufacture. We would have invested had they been looking to start a food truck.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Why Register?

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands.

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