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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

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100 Startups Join Forces with Air Force Stakeholders at Inaugural Spark Collider Event

Austin Startup

Since most of our lives are governed by maintenance, innovation becomes a form of deviating from the norm and creating constructive conflict. The closing panel on Day 1 felt like the start of a witty punchline, “A startup founder, a government official, and a venture capitalist walk into a room…”?—?what

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’ With positive feedback from his peers, Hoover decided to transform his email list into a website.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Board and Stockholder Votes. .

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. The Big Players. The Funding.

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