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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

I was present at the creation of the first microprocessors, participated in the PC revolution, built video games, and shipped software on the first Internet browsers. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. Our better angels soared as printed books became the Internet of the Renaissance.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. And rebellion. Collaboration.

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UK second only to US amongst large countries for ‘Digital Evolution’

The Equity Kicker

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When I was younger, my family and I would always go on holiday to Italy in the summer time. Remember, we’re on the Internet right now, and the Internet is owned by cats. In 1995, had it not been for the internet and the task of shortening our company name to a web address, it would never had happened.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 There’s also a clear correlation between exporting and achieving rapid growth.