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Stanford hosted a "Hacking for Recovery" class in which students presented well-researched action plans to help existing businesses recover and new ones to start, post-pandemic. From "AntiCovidA.I." to a pandemic advisory service for travelers, the results are worth the read.

https://steveblank.com/2020/08/17/hacking-4-recovery-2/

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JaneKCall··on WTF: Google’s OAuth verification process and security assessment
This is getting out of control!
JaneKCall··on Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard
Nearly a quarter of people in the United States are experiencing symptoms of depression, according to a study published Wednesday.
JaneKCall··on I have no idea what I'm doing (2011)
Part of becoming an older adult is realizing that nobody knows what they are doing. It wasn't until I understood that did I feel free to start taking risks/trying new things, particularly in the context of work.
JaneKCall··on Musk's Neuralink plagued by turmoil, rushed timelines, failed animal experiments
I live in the Reno area, which houses one of Tesla' big gigafactories. While they pay well, they have a horrible reputation in terms of how they treat employees, working conditions, and five-alarm-fire changes. Clearly Musk is replicating how he runs his Tesla business with something much more high-stakes...
JaneKCall··on Costs of Scaling a Tech SMB
Launching a small technology business can be done cheaply--but growing it will cost you. In this post, SMB tech entrepreneur Hana Mohan outlines 5 unanticipated budget burdens.
JaneKCall··on Ivy League Students “Hack” for Post-Pandemic Business Solutions
Stanford hosted a "Hacking for Recovery" class in which students presented well-researched action plans to help existing businesses recover and new ones to start, post-pandemic. From "AntiCovidA.I." to a pandemic advisory service for travelers, the results are worth the read.
JaneKCall··on Teaching Lean Innovation in the Pandemic
When the pandemic forced us to shift to online teaching, that experimentation turned into a necessity.
JaneKCall··on Why you're having vivid dreams during the pandemic
There's one sentence that addresses the headline and it doesn't explain much...
JaneKCall··on How Office Friendships Impact Remote Work Culture
When office culture suddenly becomes Zoom culture, it can get lonely. Will our workplace friendships save us?
JaneKCall··on No, All-Remote Work Is Not a Mother’s Dream Come True
Here’s a sentiment many working mothers now doing double-time at home don’t want to say out loud: we hate this. Not because we are stuck in a pandemic but because we need our own lives. Many of us keep our sanity because we have the opportunity to be away from our children and create professional achievements independent of our domestic lives.
JaneKCall··on Advice for Entrepreneurs Entering “Small Business Puberty”
Many young, small businesses try to cast as wide a net as possible across markets--making it easy to forget the original mission. It's called "small business puberty," and this entrepreneur offers advice for coming out on the other side better than you went in.
JaneKCall··on Building Invincible Companies with Alex Osterwalder
How to constantly reinvent your business with inspiration from the world’s best business models.
JaneKCall··on How to Be Competitive in a Post-Covid World
The businesses that think everything will go back to “the way things were” are operating on a going-out-of-business strategy. The businesses that will thrive in this new environment are those that will continue to leverage the tools and processes they adopted during the crisis. They’ll be the ones to capture new opportunities and drive their recovery faster than the competition.
JaneKCall··on Researchers Unveil Sodium-Ion Battery That Rivals Commercial Lithium-Ion Models
While lithium-ion batteries are hugely important, they are also hugely expensive. Researchers have produced one of the best sets of results so far for a sodium-ion battery, one that holds as much energy as lithium-ion, and performs as well as some commercial lithium-ion batteries.