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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

In the beginning of any technology revolution the technology gets ahead of the institutions designed to measure and regulate safety and standards. These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. There are great university programs already doing that research.).

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). MBA programs teach valuable analytical skills that can help you evaluate and refine strategies and business models.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). MBA programs teach valuable analytical skills that can help you evaluate and refine strategies and business models.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

Presenting in the Entertainment and Content Technology category at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, Sceenic will talk about its Watch Together SaaS solution, which enables media companies to create interactive co-viewing experiences for dispersed viewers. And Jonathan has done artist management agency WISEgroup. Sceenic is based in London.

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A tale of two cities: Bewildered by the city government's continued cluelessness on NYC's innovation scene

This is going to be BIG.

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms.