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BE 2.0: When Your BHAG Forces Innovation

Paul G. Silva

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Beyond Just Setting Big Goals A Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) isn’t just about thinking biggerit’s about forcing yourself to innovate when the current way of doing things won’t get you there. Our innovation: Each judge got their own pool of money to invest however they wanted.

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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

I've been thinking a lot about what an innovation-friendly school looks like and have a few thoughts--and it doesn't just mean building labs or creating more flexible IP licensing schemes. More and more startups are getting built without relying on University research--because hard technology is rarely the barrier to innovation these days.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Chegg, a leading student-first online learning platform, has contributed to advancing student innovation by donating $50,000 to Stevens Institute of Technologys iSTEM and Launchpad@Stevens programs.

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Agriculture Tech Innovator Bonsai Robotics Secures $15 Million in Series A

American Entrepreneurship

Investors back the two co-founders having great depth in agricultural innovation and technology. He was instrumental in developing the vision-based autonomy stack at both John Deere and Blue River Technology, driving key innovations in agricultural robotics.

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Maki’s Conversational AI Agents Transform Talent Acquisition, Series A Funded

American Entrepreneurship

Our agents don’t just assistthey do the work, enabling teams to focus on strategic priorities, unlock creativity, and drive meaningful organizational impact,” said Maxime Legardez , co-founder and CEO of Maki. With the announcement of its $28.6

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Google’s early-stage AI Fund Gradient Invests in Cake’s Open-Source AI Platform for All Businesses

American Entrepreneurship

Recently funded Cake addresses that concern with the launch of its open-source AI infrastructure platform enabling all businesses to deploy the latest technologies cost-effectively. Herscus background in deploying innovative technology runs deep.

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And now for something a little different: First Round portfolio company chloe + isabel launches [#frc]

This is going to be BIG.

Within a couple of months, First Round Capital and Floodgate led a round that included SV Angel, Kirstin Green/Forerunner, Mike Duda/Consigliere, Ashton Kutcher, and others to enable her to build a great team, create amazing product , and recruit an initial group of merchandisers. The duck analogy is quickly becoming a favorite of mine.).