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APRIL 7, 2021
Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.
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APRIL 28, 2010
November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. At one extreme is the sort of pork-barrel project wherea town gets money from the state government to renovate a vacantbuilding as a "high-tech incubator," as if it were merely lack ofthe right sort of office space that had till now prevented the townfrom becoming a startup hub.
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OCTOBER 23, 2010
March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." the seed stage, investors dont expect you to have an elaboratebusiness plan. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.
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