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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

During World War II the United States did something its adversaries did not; it enlisted professors and graduate students as civilians in 105 colleges and universities to build advanced weapon systems — nuclear weapons, radar, etc. And the best startups spun out of Stanford were building components for weapon systems.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The United States is not uniform in its friendliness toward small businesses, and some states make operating a business easier than others. There are many factors to consider in determining which state is the best to locate a new business. Here are five of the best states for starting a business: 1.

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How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong

Steve Blank

Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs is one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. ESL, the first company I worked for in Silicon Valley , was founded by a PhD in Math and six other scientists and engineers. It might be its most important. ———-. Cold War Spin Outs.

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Steve Blank

Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. The combination of Venture Capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. The NSF will fund 100 science and engineering research projects every year. Until today.

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. You can see a much larger list at the end.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country. 6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. The evidence: (i) Startups are responsible for virtually all the new jobs created in the United States since 1977 (Source: Kauffman Foundation).

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. Posted in Technology, Venture Capital.