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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

And by 1949, 652 employees and by 1955, 1400. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Unfortunately for the company they couldn’t tell anyone as their customer was the most secret government agency in the country – the National Security Agency. A year later, 420.

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). It wasn’t that I had somehow inherited dumb employees. I wasn’t surprised.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

Cyberattacks Are Here and Rising Globally speaking, organizations in the financial services sector suffered the second-largest number of known breaches in 2022, just behind government organizations and ahead of the retail sector, according to threat intelligence firm Flashpoint. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

Cyberattacks Are Here and Rising Globally speaking, organizations in the financial services sector suffered the second-largest number of known breaches in 2022, just behind government organizations and ahead of the retail sector, according to threat intelligence firm Flashpoint. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Tech companies need advertising, marketing, public relations, and technical sales professionals. Information and communications technology include 4,600 companies and 45,000 employees. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. Websites such as 604jobs.ca Inno Tech Alberta Inc.

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Everything Nonprofits Need to Know About Form 990 in 2021

Board Effect

Government compliance documents can be complicated and confusing for nonprofit board members. Despite the complicated terms and questions that are inherent in Form 990, it serves a very important purpose for the government and the public at large. Government organizations. What is Form 990 used for?

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25 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

More enterprises are going to invest in cybersecurity especially with more employees opting for remote or hybrid work. 2- Federal government contracting. Public sector contracting and more specifically federal government contracting is a cash cow. 6- Public relations. Thanks to Wayne Connors, ACCL ! #2-