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One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship In Ann Arbor, Michigan

Steve Blank

I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen , Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal , Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. Venture Capital ; met with the local hardware/software venture capital firm.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

To harness both their own internal innovators and this new external ecosystem the Defense Department needs what I call an innovation doctrine to organize their efforts to rapidly access and mobilize talent and technology. The Pentagon can build a mindset, culture, and process to fix this.

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

YoungUpstarts

I love taking on impactful challenges that require mobilization of large teams and multiple organizations, and delivering solutions that make a difference. Before I wrote my first book I spent a few weeks at a University of Michigan seminar on lean product development. What’s your main focus?

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When You Need To Know – Use A Keylogger

YoungUpstarts

A young startup company out of Detroit, Michigan, created a resolution to the problem of wayward employees and curious children. Once you have created an account, hidden in the depths of your computer or mobile device, the software records each keystroke that is typed. Finding a Solution. There is a solution to your problems.

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Kickstarting Your Idea On A Crowd Funding Platform

YoungUpstarts

Making A Mobile Whiteboard. While studying at the University of Michigan, Lele got a bookbinder to hack together a large hardcover book with a whiteboard panel within and used it daily. Kickstarter has also seen a wide variety of projects running the gamut from funding a titanium bike lock project to even helping launch a brewery.

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Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

I ended up at Michigan State because I got a scholarship…Once I got there, I was lost…unfocused…and had no idea of who I was and why I was in school. I dropped out of Michigan State University after the first semester. In the middle of a Michigan winter, I stuck out my thumb and hitchhiked to Miami, the warmest place I could think of.

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Sequoia Capital Raises $1.3 Billion for New Startup Investment Fund

ReadWriteStart

The filing was uncovered in a story by Fortune , which points to a memo from the University of Michigan Regents, a longtime investor with Sequoia, to describe the strategy of the new fund. million into Square , the mobile payment startup founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey. billion for a new fund. billion in yesterday's filing.