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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

One of the ways our adversaries try to gain the advantage is by attacking our supply chain through methods like fraud, introduction of counterfeit materials, control of raw materials, cyber and intellectual property attacks, denying access to strategic materials and rare earth minerals. How do we get going?

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6 Keys To Convince Investors Of Your Competitive Edge

Startup Professionals Musings

There are a myriad of other important ways that you can demonstrate your competitive advantages in your presentations, discussions, and business plan, including the following: Highlight your intellectual property. Past leadership success is definitely a competitive advantage. Promote any inside relationships or customer base.

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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘ The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’ It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association.

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Steve Blank

government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering - is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. And they’ll do this using the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Until today. billion U.S.

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The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Steve Blank

I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. Here’s why.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It’s interesting that large organizations with lots of intellectual property don’t systematically examine what they can combine to innovate. Deliberate combinations, aka concept blends, can be done by individuals, companies, non-profits, or governments.

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Eureka! National Science Foundation's I-Corps Trains a New Generation of Scientists in Business

ReadWriteStart

government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering, is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. And they'll do this using the business model-customer development-agile development solution stack. Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the $6.8-billion