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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

The Next Web

A great idea ensure startup success, right? Yes, even the greatest ideas are still susceptible to ending up in the trash. You’re too idea-focused. This may be hard to swallow, but it takes more than a game-changing idea to find startup success. It’s really the people behind the idea whom matter most.

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Dash Systems raises $8M for precision-airdrops-as-a-service at distant or disaster-stricken destinations

TechCrunch

“And when I say anywhere, I mean like the tip of Alaska. “The rural use case is easy to get,” said Miller, noting the difficulty and delays of delivering to rural communities in Alaska. Why do you need to land at all? “We should be able to do one-day deliveries anywhere in the world,” he told TechCrunch.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

My internship took place at Fairbanks Youth Advocates in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. There weren’t many options in Alaska, so I had to expand my search. They liked the idea and were willing to help. I looked up shelters all over the U.S. and Canada.

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The tall lady in Resident Evil Village is taller than the tallest recorded human

The Verge

But myself and a few of my colleagues wanted to get a better idea of just how tall that really is. And her hat would probably tickle the chin of some Kodiak bears standing on their hind legs, as a male Kodiak bear can be more than 10 feet tall, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Basically, she’s really, really tall.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Mellon Foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Areas served: Alaska. Areas served: Worldwide.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. For example, at the heart of Alaska Airlines is a sense of stewardship for the people and places it serves. So far, Alaska has reduced its emissions by more than 35% per passenger mile since 2004.

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Quantum Metric raises $200M, now valued at over $1B, for its digital product design platform

TechCrunch

Ciabarra has built his company out of Colorado, and it somewhat feels like the DNA of being “remote” from the Bay Area has fueled how the company’s own product has been developed, with the idea being that you don’t need to be on the ground and in the room with someone to be able to identify when they are unhappy.

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