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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Dual-Use Technology As the war was winding down, the leadership of the Navy Computing Machine Lab in OPS-20-G was thinking about how they could permanently link commercial, academic and military computing science and innovation to the Navy. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry.

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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. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Here's my conversation with Tomas Pueyo. He was not a famous author.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. Jeff Weiner, Wharton undergraduate, blended those traits with compassionate management and leadership. Success or failure comes down to the individuals and their dispositions.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. Jeff Weiner, Wharton undergraduate, blended those traits with compassionate management and leadership. Success or failure comes down to the individuals and their dispositions.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

"I really like that resilience word," Robert Rhinehart told me in our conversation about his new organization, The Corona Initiative. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In addition, a complete transcript of our conversation follows the show resources below.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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