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Founder / GP of Big Idea Ventures, a Fund Manager focused on Solving the World's Greatest…
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Why Top Accelerators Work: The Startup Pressure Cooker
Why Top Accelerators Work: The Startup Pressure Cooker
By Andrew D Ive
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In the book that my former student, friend, and Pravi Corp co-founder Eric Sinoway wrote years ago, Howard's Gift, we suggest that business planning…
In the book that my former student, friend, and Pravi Corp co-founder Eric Sinoway wrote years ago, Howard's Gift, we suggest that business planning…
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Congrats Betty Lu and Team at Confetti Snacks - Marvellous Veggie Chips for rolling out in close to 1000 TJ Maxx & HomeGoods stores across…
Congrats Betty Lu and Team at Confetti Snacks - Marvellous Veggie Chips for rolling out in close to 1000 TJ Maxx & HomeGoods stores across…
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Arrived in San Francisco! I’ll be here until 20 July night!
Arrived in San Francisco! I’ll be here until 20 July night!
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Experience
Education
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Harvard Business School
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Strategy/International/Entrepreneurial
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Activities and Societies: President of Debate Team National Vice Chairman of Student Organization Chairman of Student Union
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Collapsible ladder having highly nesting rungs with integral stand-off projections
Issued US 6334510
A collapsible ladder having rungs of a relatively strong and thin material with integral stand-off projections that allow the ladder to be safely descended and of a cross-section that allows the ladder rungs to nest to a high degree of compactness. The ladder is readily deployed by means of a cover having two sets of temporary fasteners. In an emergency, the ladder is deployed by partially unwrapping the cover to a first state which allows an attaching member to be removed and placed over a…
A collapsible ladder having rungs of a relatively strong and thin material with integral stand-off projections that allow the ladder to be safely descended and of a cross-section that allows the ladder rungs to nest to a high degree of compactness. The ladder is readily deployed by means of a cover having two sets of temporary fasteners. In an emergency, the ladder is deployed by partially unwrapping the cover to a first state which allows an attaching member to be removed and placed over a window sill. After insuring that narrow fabric supports, which attach the attaching member to the rungs, are not twisted between the attaching member and a top rung of the ladder, the multiple rungs (still wrapped by the cover and secured by a second set of temporary fasteners) are supported using a handle attached to the cover. The handle is then held outside the window and dropped. The momentum of the falling package of rungs is sufficient to open the second set of temporary fasteners and thereby reliable deploy the ladder in its proper orientation. Also disclosed is an attaching plate, which may optionally be used to stabilize the attaching member to a wall surface beneath a window sill and to ensure that the attaching member will attach securely over any window sill, regardless of the thickness of the wall
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Collapsible ladder having highly nesting rungs with integral stand-off projections
Issued US 6279681
A collapsible ladder having rungs of a relatively strong and thin material with integral stand-off projections that allow the ladder to be safely descended and of a cross-section that allows the ladder rungs to nest to a high degree of compactness. The ladder is readily deployed by means of a cover having two sets of temporary fasteners. In an emergency, the ladder is deployed by partially unwrapping the cover to a first state which allows an attaching member to be removed and placed over a…
A collapsible ladder having rungs of a relatively strong and thin material with integral stand-off projections that allow the ladder to be safely descended and of a cross-section that allows the ladder rungs to nest to a high degree of compactness. The ladder is readily deployed by means of a cover having two sets of temporary fasteners. In an emergency, the ladder is deployed by partially unwrapping the cover to a first state which allows an attaching member to be removed and placed over a window sill. After insuring that narrow fabric supports, which attach the attaching member to the rungs, are not twisted between the attaching member and a top rung of the ladder, the multiple rungs (still wrapped by the cover and secured by a second set of temporary fasteners) are supported using a handle attached to the cover. The handle is then held outside the window and dropped. The momentum of the filling package of rungs is sufficient to open the second set of temporary fasteners and thereby reliable deploy the ladder in its proper orientation. Also disclosed is an attaching plate, which may optionally be used to stabilize the attaching member to a wall surface beneath a window sill and to ensure that the attaching member will attach securely over any window sill, regardless of the thickness of the wall.
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Master of Business Administration
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I'm not sure what's going on with LinkedIn. For the last few months I've been getting requests to connect from women who are not connected to anyone…
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We scooped $15.2M / €14M new funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) fund and additional Series A investors to advance animal-free egg…
We scooped $15.2M / €14M new funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) fund and additional Series A investors to advance animal-free egg…
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✈️ I’ve made to Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago and got to meet many familiar faces! Here’s my day 1 summary, after about 6 miles…
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