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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

During the pandemic, 42% of the United States labor force almost instantly shifted online — working from home full-time — mitigating a total halt to the economy. Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye.

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. The SXSW Startup Crawl!

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. Instead, as Tomas told me, "every state was forced to behave like a country, but it was not equipped to behave like a country. would be in a very different place than we are today.

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Going Out With His Boots On

Steve Blank

With 37 mllion people it’s remarkable that California has one of the most pristine and unspoiled coastline in the United States. California Highway 1, (the Pacific Coast Highway) is a two-lane road that hugs the coast from Mexico to the town of Leggett in Northern California. ———– California Dreaming.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

After some reflection, I came to the realization that 2015 and 2016 marked the first time in my life that I did not travel outside of the United States. Travel has been a big part of my life since I was born 30+ years ago in Mexico City. I have promised myself that will never happen again.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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Make Election Day a Holiday: It’s the American Thing to Do

Reid Hoffman

In fact, according to a 2018 study by the Pew Research Center , the United States ranks near the bottom for voter turnout among its peers in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, just 26th out of 32 countries. percent (Mexico). percent (Belgium) to 65.97 In the U.S., In the U.S., This could be one of them.