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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. Today, I get to move our national security mission in emerging technologies farther and faster in ways that I could not in government. You have to do a lot of networking to create your list and build your network.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. Before leaving government service one of my biggest challenges was to understand how my skill as a Case Officer would translate into a job in the commercial world. It provides governance and financial oversight to the company.

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Things To Expect As A Woman Founder When Starting A Tech-Based Company

YoungUpstarts

Over the years, the rapid growth of startup networks is seen in almost every sector. Venturing out into the startup world can be a big task for anyone, but women have to face a myriad of acceptance issues not just from society but also the business community. Building a Support Network is a Big Challenge.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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10 Tips for Making Nonprofit Healthcare Board Meetings Successful

Board Effect

Preparation Is Key: All Eyes on the Chair and Secretary In the eyes of the board members, if the secretary and chair don’t put in the time to adequately prepare for the board meeting by getting materials to them early, it sets the stage for the rest of the board to do just as little. In fact, they may not bother to show up at all.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Sea Turtles and VPN – the connections to the rest of the world. business models.

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Marketplace innovation driven by crypto

Version One Ventures

Blockchain protocols can easily offer incentives to both the supply and demand sides to solve the chicken and egg problem, radically shortening the period until true network effects can kick in. Better business and governance models.