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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. The table below summarizes a few of the salient differences.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Ralph Waldo Emerson. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. The pundits say the American dream is dead and this next decade will see the further decline and fall of the West and in particular of the United States. Compressing the Product Development Cycle. But I don’t think so.