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Why social networks continue to attract investors
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Get the Heck Out of the Building
With a ~$2 billion endowment the Kauffman Foundation is the largest non-profit focused on entrepreneurship in the world. Giving away Read More
The Affordable Care Act. OoooBAAAAmaCAAAARE! It’s been talked to death—how it will affect businesses, how it will impact Read More
After joining the Silicon Valley venture capital firm DFJ back in 2012 as a venture partner, Heidi Roizen Read More
Biotech/Life Sciences Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Is This Startup Ready for Investment?
Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. However, accelerator Read More
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Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lessons and advice
How to be Smarter Than Your Investors
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Two of the hot topics in education in the last few years have been Massive Open Online Courses Read More
Character Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Team building
Sometimes it Pays to Be a Jerk
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,Let him depart; his passport shall be madeWilliam Shakespeare Henry V | Read More
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Time for Founders School
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Early-stage regional venture funds
Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Do Pivots Matter?
There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
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Biotech/Life Sciences Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Health and Medical How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
Lessons Learned in Diagnostics
This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Read More
Biotech/Life Sciences Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Health and Medical How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
Lessons Learned in Therapeutics
This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Read More