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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Berkeley, and Hacking for Oceans at both Scripps and UC Santa Cruz.

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Amazon Fires Its Affiliates in Colorado (Including Me) Because of Colorado HB 10-1193

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been an Amazon Associate (Amazon’s affiliate program) for many years. Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. and I woke up to the following email.

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Help Repeal The Amazon Tax (Colorado HB10-1193)

Feld Thoughts

Colorado HB10-1193 – also known as the “Amazon Tax” – really upset me as I wrote about in Amazon Fires Its Affiliates in Colorado (Including Me) Because of Colorado HB 10-1193. I’ve enlisted my friend David Binetti to crank up another Twitter Campaign To Repeal Colorado’s Internet Tax.

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Trump Would Hurt Innovation (& I’m With Her)

Hunter Walker

Finally, we believe that government plays an important role in the technology economy by investing in infrastructure, education and scientific research. Titles and affiliations of each individual are provided for identification purposes only. Donald Trump articulates few policies beyond erratic and contradictory pronouncements. .

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Trump Would Hurt Innovation (& I’m With Her)

Hunter Walker

Finally, we believe that government plays an important role in the technology economy by investing in infrastructure, education and scientific research. Titles and affiliations of each individual are provided for identification purposes only. Donald Trump articulates few policies beyond erratic and contradictory pronouncements. .