The world is facing dramatic geopolitical, environmental, and technological shifts. Venture Meets Mission argues that if Business, Government, and Society come together, rebuild trust, and collaborate, we have a generational opportunity to address societal challenges--climate change, cybersecurity, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and education. The book explains, with hope and passion, how our existing entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the ideals of democracy, can be the foundation for a new mission-driven capitalism.
The good news is the components of this problem-solving ecosystem already exist. The authors explain what is required to join people, purpose, and profit together for world-changing impact--starting with rebuilding trust among Business, Government, and Society. The authors draw on their leadership experience with Silicon Valley innovation, venture capital, and work at the highest levels of the federal government. The book tells engaging stories of successful entrepreneurs, with diverse perspectives and intersectional experiences, who combine mission and venture to solve critical societal problems. This book seeks to inspire a generation of students, young professionals, and entrepreneurial executives to pursue mission-driven ventures that can make the world a better place. Venture Meets Mission also explains why and how forward-thinking government officials and policymakers can harness private sector entrepreneurship and innovation to solve society's problems.
Every day, nearly 275 people are dying from opioid addiction in America. This doctor wants to stop the crisis.
I can't retire. Not until the Opioid Epidemic finally becomes a chapter in our country's history.
Over the past two decades, the opioid addiction has resulted in the deaths of nearly one million people in our country. Screening and brief intervention for addictions will mean fewer people dying from illegal overdose and ensure that patients get prescription-grade pain pills or buprenorphine from the pharmacy, but doctors are not taught this in American medical schools.
In 2006, after years of feeling powerless to help those addicted to opioids, benzodiazepines, and stimulants, general practitioner Dr. Arun Gupta joined the American Society of Addiction Medicine and earned his certification to treat patients with addictions. Now, in his eye-opening new book, after decades of research and first-hand experience, he tells us how to end this crisis that is destroying so many lives. Here are some hard facts:
-The CDC classifies Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and overdoses as preventable, and yet nearly 275 are dying every day.
-SAMHSA says 41.1 million people needed Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment in the past year, but only 6.5% received it. There are not enough addiction doctors to care for them.
-Doctors are trying to comply with the literally thousands of regulations that have been thrown at them, or they face serious punitive consequences.
-Respecting an addict's basic human dignity means they must have access to treatment. If they do not, we confirm their lives are not worth saving. The medical profession is trusted to save lives.
Passionate, factual, and written with truth as the only agenda, this book offers the practical solutions for the War on Drugs that American so desperately needs.
Open source accounts for approximately 90 percent of modern software development, yet the demand for such technology skills continues to grow. Consequently, companies are having a difficult time hiring the right talent. Based on author Arun Gupta's experiences with leading companies such as Apple, Amazon, Sun Microsystems, and Intel this book highlights the importance of an open source culture and shares proven techniques by which one can be built and nurtured.
Many open source code maintainers feel there is a need for an open source culture in their company so that business needs can be met more efficiently. This book explains why it is important to have a business alignment with open source and the purpose of an Open Source Program Office. It will explain the value of InnerSource, internal events and leveraging external open source communities in building an active workplace culture.
Fostering Open Source Culture is packed with over 40 industry case studies and actionable steps organizations, both large and small, can take to have a fully functioning open source work culture.
What You Will Learn
Who This Book Is For
Senior tech leaders and executives (CTOs, CIOs, CISOs), legal teams, HR personnel, marketing executives, and sales teams who want to know how open source can be used across the company to innovate faster and improve security of products.
Learn how to use C# 11 to build apps for any platform, from the ground up
C# 11 is the latest version of C#, a popular programming language for building cloud, web, and desktop applications. It is a powerful and versatile language that can create a wide range of applications, from simple command-line tools to complex enterprise systems.
This book teaches you how to use C# 11, the latest version of C#, to build real-world applications. It introduces the new language features in C# 11, such as global using directives, file-scoped namespaces, and top-level statements. Then, it shows you how to use these features to write code that is more concise and expressive. Next, the book teaches you how to build various applications using C# 11, including web apps, mobile apps, desktop apps, and machine learning models. You'll learn to use ASP.NET Core, gRPC, Blazor, Angular, WPF, WinUI 3, .NET MAUI, and ML.NET. Throughout the book, you'll also learn the best practices for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable codes.
By the end of the book, you will have a deep understanding of C# 11 and how to use it to build a wide range of cloud, web, and desktop applications.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Get an overview of the new language enhancements in C# 11.
● Create simple applications from start to finish using a built-in project template step-by-step.
● Learn related concepts, and be aware of the nuances, pitfalls, and workarounds while creating each application.
● Reflect on the testing and deployment strategies for each application type.
● Challenge yourself to think deeper and learn more with end-of-chapter exercises.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for experienced C# programmers who want to learn about the latest enhancements to the language, project types, tools, technologies, and design approaches. The book assumes readers are familiar with C# and can build applications using the .NET Platform in Visual Studio.
In this era of teaching through problem-based learning, this unique book guides approaching patients with anemia through a step-by-step analysis of test results. It explains the rationale for requesting appropriate tests and analyzing them systematically and correlates each answer to the disease-based entity on the latest evidence. The target audience is undergraduate medical students during hematopathology training and the introductory phase in clinical Medicine and Hematology, postgraduate residents in Hematology and Medicine, and undergraduate and postgraduate Allied Health students. It provides a quick reference source for practitioners and teachers in medical and paramedical institutions.
This handy guide provides an overview of Java Enterprise Edition 6's main technologies and includes extensive, easy-to-understand code samples that demonstrate the platform's many improvements. You'll quickly understand how Java EE 6 simplifies the process of developing and deploying web and enterprise applications.
Get up to speed on the principal technologies in the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 7, and learn how the latest version embraces HTML5, focuses on higher productivity, and provides functionality to meet enterprise demands. Written by Arun Gupta, a key member of the Java EE team, this book provides a chapter-by-chapter survey of several Java EE 7 specifications, including WebSockets, Batch Processing, RESTful Web Services, and Java Message Service.
You'll also get self-paced instructions for building an end-to-end application with many of the technologies described in the book, which will help you understand the design patterns vital to Java EE development.
Arnab Roy is a brilliant web designer who has been invited to develop the tourism campaign for Odisha, India. To get a feel of the place, Arnab and his wife Anu visit Konark, a quiet beach town in Odisha, known for being home to an ancient piece of architecture called the Temple of the Sun God. Arnab and Anu are enchanted by the grandeur of the sacred place.
In the Sun Temple, Arnab has found his star attraction, the world's gateway to Odisha. He sets to work straight away, but soon encounters a mystery, discovering strange rocks and ancient coins on a pristine beach near Konark.
What follows is a series of bizarre events-the death of a professional diver, the appearance of mysterious footage of underwater caverns, and a gruesome attack on a ministry car. Are these events coincidences or signs of a conspiracy? The Temple of the Sun God holds many secrets, and some of those may lie at the bottom of the sea.