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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Essentially, suppliers put up their profiles and products, setting prices and minimum quantities. In fact, the Connecticut-based firm does not charge any fee for buyers willing to place orders. An interesting feature about European marketplaces is that they focus on deals instead of products. What does it mean?

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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Statisticians make the world go round

The Startup Magazine

Statistics have been vital to the way our governments have provided their citizens with information on the pandemic. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. Product testing. When a company produces their new and exciting product, it is important that they give the customers the best possible option.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together. Pilot Production Of Large Area Uniform Single-Crystal Graphene Films. Principal Investigator: Yu Lei University of Connecticut.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Chemicals & Allied Products. Fabricated Metal Products. Food and Kindred Products. Leather and Leather Products. Lumber and Wood Products.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

And they got really into the idea of wearing masks and within three days, the whole country had masks, within three days with no government support. And for them, a lot of it was this kind of weird anti-government thing. A lot of them seemed to hate their government and they were annoyed that the government wasn't doing anything.

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Fly High

Steve Blank

The Coast Guard Academy opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. This means students spend a ton of time and effort to deliver a “final” product release but it’s almost certain that it wouldn’t meet real world users’ needs without extensive rework and modification. The Air Force, originally part of the U.S.