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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. Felix Rohaytn, widely credited with saving New York City in the 1970’s, recently published “ Bold Endeavors. ” [1] In it he warns: “The nation is falling apart – literally. In 1995 there were ~1,350 public hospitals representing ~27% of the industry.

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Turning the Unemployed Into Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Virgin Islands,” five states - Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon - already have active SEA programs. Big Government - or Small Business? There are, of course, those who say SEA won’t work, that it’s just another “big government” program. new jobs. There’s more.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). Government. TechStars Impact on New York. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Led By Entrepreneurs.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality. It was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York. 14- Inspired by our address.

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Weekend Reading on Startup Communities

Feld Thoughts

This book was written in 1995 and published by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association so the updated subtitle should be “A One Hundred Year Renaissance – 20 Years Later.” So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure.

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

The Department of Transportation was created in 1966 but it wasn’t until 1979 that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) started crash-testing cars (the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety started their testing in 1995). In 1984 New York State mandated seat belt use ( now required in 49 of the 50 states.).

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First 100 Days: Washington Has Become the New, New York

Seeing Both Sides

It used to be that anyone in the entrepreneurial world had to be keenly cognizant of what was going on in New York City. CEOs of pre-IPO companies were always shuttling into New York to talk up their companies, tell their story and get feedback to prepare for the public markets. First, that's where the customers were.