Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

In turn, they lower the cost that cities pay to handle their waste stream and increase the amount of chemicals that are diverted into reuse rather than incineration. Once scanned, their software assists staff with routing the item into the proper bin — improving sorting accuracy and lowering the cost of processing.

Oklahoma City 75

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

Its streamlined nature makes it more responsive than most governments. So in the early days and weeks of the pandemic, when our own federal government seemed largely paralyzed or in denial about how to respond to the rapid global spread of the disease, the Gates Foundation continued to escalate its investments.

Non-Compete 62

Non-Compete China Global Government 62

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. Refunds can be as high as 65% of the R&D cost.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 83

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  The VC community suffered a very similar scandal at Seattle-based Entellium last year, but few reporters seem to remember that one, perhaps because it wasn't located in the heart of Silicon Valley as Canopy was.   In truth, our industry is built on a trust model.   Prudence wins out over blind trust.

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley SEC 31

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

It will also lead to a massive expansion of government, whose only function will be to try to interpret and unravel an impossibly complex set of new tax rules. Providers and other entities are reluctant to adopt automation and technology, primarily because of costs and other barriers. Moving a manufacturing facility is hard.

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Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. Refunds can be as high as 65% of the R&D cost.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 48

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2010

For others, the concerns are more about cost. A: There are a number of top cities when it comes to mobile sofware and applications: Silicon Valley, New York, Seattle and Austin to name a few. Tags: Digital Government innotech Mobile. In the early 2000s, Austin was a hot bed for mobile/wireless. Today it is picking up again.

Programming 59

Programming Founder Silicon Valley Mobile 59

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

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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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Two factors: cost and range (and charging infrastructure, to a lesser extent, but that will be remedied when there is more demand). The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer). The real barrier to adoption is cost.

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Artificial Inteligence Government Nevada Cost 183

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Angels & Recycled Capital.

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch.

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Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 147

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Once again, this is an asset against which the marginal cost to host a dog is near zero.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

He counsels public and private company clients in a variety of industries including information technology, government contracting, software and telecommunications. Legal costs are rising while venture returns are shrinking. The average Series A investment costs $50,000 in legal fees to close.

Term Sheet 40

Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2017

As it so happens, I was sued by Uber and Lyft last year solely for requesting access to the ridership data they provide to the city of Seattle; an appeal of the verdict is currently pending before the Washington Supreme Court. A screencap of my original suggestion is at left. Guess what? But that’s another story.)

Austin 48

Austin Texas Leadership Technical Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. In Washington DC you have government & defense. Some of it will be UGC.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

At one extreme is the sort of pork-barrel project wherea town gets money from the state government to renovate a vacantbuilding as a "high-tech incubator," as if it were merely lack ofthe right sort of office space that had till now prevented the townfrom becoming a startup hub. 6 ]Ive omitted one source: government grants.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. The classic way to burn through cash is by hiring a lot of people.This bites you twice: in addition to increasing your costs, it slowsyou down—so money thats getting consumed faster has to lastlonger. 10 ]Yes, actually: dealing with the government.

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Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Durant of course plays a huge role, but there are many more nuanced elements certain to drive any Seattle basketball fan to the edge of tears. This is an amazing lesson in how everyone can get it wrong for decades – the scientists, the government, and the doctors. The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever, by Michael Mooney (D Magazine).

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New York Silicon Valley Internet Video 68