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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. government where their traditional academic path and business career would never take them. (I

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. It was adopted by the National Science Foundation in 2012 to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Origins of the class.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. Today, CedarLane is the largest family-owned and operated national frozen food brand in the U.S. CedarLane offers a wide variety of all-natural fresh and frozen, ready-made meals. 2 – Stranded. Image Credit: Sharky Laguana.

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How to Start a Brewery Business: The Complete 9 Step Guide (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

Between 2012 and 2017, the number of craft breweries in the US jumped from 2,420 to 6,266 – that’s an increase of 159%! A microbrewery in one state may be governed by very different rules than a microbrewery the next state over. The alcohol industry is governed at both the federal and state level.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. As of 2012, there were almost two million small farms in the U.S., You would then have been able to choose to grow another product that was in demand, or start your farm in Southern California.