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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

What if all availability zones of Amazon in Virginia are disabled for a week? Addressing those risks head-on, is required for a healthy and sustainable business that can last for many years. Take the risk of business continuity during a disaster scenario. How quickly could we get all our customers back up and running?

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Maddie Davis, “ The Space Race ” University of Virginia – The Miller Center, 2021. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s s primary great power competitor. Space as a Domain.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. Virginia topped Forbes Magazine’s list of best states for business in 2013. The government supports small business owners with popular incentive programs and offers many training and networking programs.

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With the Federal Government Doing Nothing, Communities Step Up

VC Adventure

In it we talk about the continued failure of the federal government to help small businesses and highlight some encouraging ways that local communities have stepped into the void to help. But to be clear, those resources should have been supplemental to the support the government was providing to grassroots entrepreneurs. government.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

Memorial Health System , a not-for-profit, independent, integrated health system with locations in Ohio and West Virginia, has also been able to expand the use of BoardEffect to many groups within the organization, with a significant number of committees and internal groups benefiting.

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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region represents the most fertile science and technology region in the country with about $30 billion in federally-funded R&D. The Lean LaunchPad process is equally well-suited to areas like STEM education and government (e.g., It’s a Capitol Idea. When Steve and NSF created the I-Corps™.

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How Has COVID-19 Impacted Shared Governance Models for Higher Education?

Board Effect

The current climate forces higher education boards to focus on the issue of the shared governance model and how it might serve to give administrators and staff members the authority and control to save their institutions. With that in mind, the view of shared governance is murky at best. How Do We Define Shared Governance?