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

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. The table below summarizes a few of the salient differences.

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Public Venture Funding Could Help Build Canada’s Tech Talent

ReadWriteStart

To combat the lack of private venture funding in Canada, growth-stage businesses are leveraging public venture capital. Public venture capital has been vital in establishing Canada’s leadership in the resource space. million for late-stage companies in the United States.

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan. The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation. Understanding the future of entrepreneurship may depend on understanding the contribution each of them made in the past. automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. He calls this “the secret of the market.”. Do you know a specific market’s secret?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Ralph Waldo Emerson. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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A Wake-Up Call for America– Free Webcast Discusses Systemic Market Failure in U.S. Equities and Formal Release of New Grant Thornton Study, November 9th 12:30 PM EST

Pascal's View

Participants include: David Weild – Former vice-chairman and executive vice president of the NASDAQ Stock Market, and current Senior Advisor at Grant Thornton LLP and founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners. competitiveness. Date: Monday, November 9, 2009.

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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

government’s role in setting investment policy, venture capital has set the direction for what new industries attract capital. However, prior to World War II corporations not universities did most of the research and development in the United States. This approach was successful when U.S.