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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. The nonprovisional patent (full patent). Patents usually last for about twenty years in the U.S.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1%