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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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Is Your City Right For A Small Business Revolution?

YoungUpstarts

Small Business Administration’s August 2017 Small Business Quarterly Bulletin , they’ve created two out of every three net new jobs since 2014. Pensacola, Florida — site of the EntreCon 2017 conference — is a prime example of a vibrant, growing city that “gets” just how much small businesses matter.

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Boulder Shouldn’t Municipalize Its Energy Utility System

Feld Thoughts

A municipal utility may be able to provide electricity that is cheaper or about as affordable as our current utility offers – or the city may waste millions of dollars trying, just as communities in Florida , California , and New Mexico have done recently. Government Boulder daily camera energy Innovation municipalization'

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions. Are tech bubbles necessarily bad – no. exist as bits.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

Remarks to the Visionary Companies Conference, Billings, MT May 27, 2010 It’s a fact that all net job creation since the 1980s has come    with under 100 employees.   It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida. People are the whole game. People are the whole game.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements. I started my home-buying business in 2003 with a personal net worth of negative $80,000.

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