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How to Improve Governance for Your Hospital Board

Board Effect

How to Improve Governance for Your Hospital Board. Improving hospital governance is an issue that has come to the forefront in recent years because many who work in the field believe that clinical governance has taken a back seat to other important managerial issues like policy changes, setting target measures, and performance.

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the consequences of premature government regulation of AI and why the incumbents are all for it. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. In the U.S. Bill Gurley’s point.)

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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin was conceptualised in 1998 by Satoshi Nakamoto (thought to be possibly a pseudonym), however, the first official Bitcoin transaction did not occur until January 12th, 2009 when Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 Bitcoins for two Papa John’s pizzas (Dowling 2013).

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. Rather than seeking private funding, the company’s owners obtained funds through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), committing them to building products for government use. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees (education that is in part supported by all Americans, even in private schools, as schools get huge tax breaks and are often funded at least in part by government grants). government plan. The evaluation of skill is performed by the government bureaucracy. In short: Dear everyone.

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. Given the NHTSA and the FAA are both in the Department of Transportation ( DoT ), It makes you wonder whether these government agencies actively talk to and collaborate with each other and have integrated programs and common best practices.

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How Social Entrepreneurship Is Changing Businesses

Up and Running

In 1998, Gregory Dees explained social entrepreneurs are more likely to: Adopt a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private or financial value). For example, in 1989 and 2017, The Body Shop and BUAV (now called Cruelty Free International ) rallied and campaigned for the British government and the E.U.