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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

It took me all of 45 minutes to setup the program—I wrote up a syllabus for 5 sessions, solicited feedback from a dozen or so product managers I knew (most of whom volunteered to speak), and called up Micah at the NYU/Poly Incubator to get the space. No revenues, no costs. Bo from RoseTech even volunteered to videotape the sessions.

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Why Yelp should pay attention to not shooting itself in the face (and what ripping off Foursquare and taking big money from Elevation mean)

This is going to be BIG.

If I were thinking about a startup or participating in any kind of startup activity, like classes or an incubator, and I worked at Yelp fulltime, I’d go take a look at the assignment of IP rights in my employment contract. Undoubtedly, that kind of strategy will actually work against Yelp in today’s ecology.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

menagerie of creative entrepreneurs occupies the seven-story building, now known as the Metropolitan Exchange, or MEx, including biotechnologists, ecologically minded architects, organic fashion designers and even miniature-cupcake makers.

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The Future of Conservation NGOs Innovation Challenge is on!

Impact Hub

To remain relevant and legitimate, in addition to effectively dealing with the present global ecological crisis, conservation NGOs need to radically shift. Structural and systemic issues are at play within the sector, which are impacting conservation effectiveness. Applications for the challenge are open until May 22, 2022.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). Ten years ago startups were unusual. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty and a newer startup, FIT:MATCH, team up to sell better-fitting lingerie

TechCrunch

based brand incubator whose spin-outs charge customers monthly for credits toward their purchases. from Cornell’s College of Human Ecology. Both Savage X Fenty and Fabletics operate using this membership model.) Cornell has since licensed three of the patents on which she worked to FIT:MATCH.)

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City.