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The unfortunate math behind consulting companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

In America we have ten federal holidays bringing the annual WD count to 240. We also have employment tax in America. Rules are complicated and vary by state, but as a rule of thumb you pay 15% in taxes including Medicare and Social Security. In terms of working days (WD), there’s 250 in a 50-week year.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

If negotiations fail, China may respond and escalate, via one of many agile strategic responses short of war, perhaps succeeding in coercing the foundry to stop making chips for American companies – turning the tables on the United States. Short of war, there would be no obvious way to get those foundries back. In 2019, the U.S.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

And then I did a brief stint at AutoNation, America's largest automotive retailer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And we launched Message From America with Sony, where you could come in and tape a DVD and send it to your soldier or sailor or marine that was being deployed. Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams. (29:34)

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Hacking for Diplomacy – Solving Foreign Policy Challenges with the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

70,000 State Department employees (46,000 Foreign Service Nationals, 14,000 Foreign Service Employees and 11,000 in the Civil Service) carry out the President’s foreign policy and help build a freer, more prosperous, and secure world. The rest of the week is equally busy. The management of all these relationships is called diplomacy.

Lean 165
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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The New Startup Arms Race Americas future prosperity depends on our ability to maintain this lead. But many more are true American success stories, out of the limelight, quietly creating jobs and securing our future. Read the rest of The New Startup Arms Race at Huffington Post. Take the example of Indianas Passageways.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – Solving Foreign Policy Challenges with the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

70,000 State Department employees (46,000 Foreign Service Nationals, 14,000 Foreign Service Employees and 11,000 in the Civil Service) carry out the President’s foreign policy and help build a freer, more prosperous, and secure world. The rest of the week is equally busy. The management of all these relationships is called diplomacy.

Lean 120
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How Code for America Makes Good Government Great

Reid Hoffman

individuals, foundations, and corporations donate around $47 billion a year to non-profit organizations that focus on child welfare, food security, homelessness, and other areas that fall under the domain of "human services." Every year in the U.S., But is the relationship between philanthropy and democracy really so zero-sum?

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