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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. This was not a harmonious arrangement. Why Minneapolis/St.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Finding a Technical Cofounder by Mike Subelsky on September 17, 2010 Advice View Comments Over the past 18 months I’ve had the same conversation with about ten entrepreneurs looking to start a software-based business. As Dave Troy put it, it all boils down to this: “In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Cofounders Find You!&#

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Find A Way To Love Your Clients, Or Learn To Let Them Go

YoungUpstarts

by Dave Marinaccio, CCO and Co-Founder of LMO Agency, and author of “ All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek “ “It’s not personal, it’s just business.”. How many times have you heard someone say that and thought to yourself, “what a load of crap”?

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

While I was contracting for the US Army in Arlington, VA, I ran into a problem: there were no existing systems capable of processing a massive amount of data streaming in in real time. I’m currently a tech founder, my company is a sponsorship matching platform Vettdeck.

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Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the Lean Startup)

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric is espousing a different way to build companies," says Kevin Dewalt, 40, an entrepreneur in Arlington, Va., Eric is espousing a different way to build companies," says Kevin Dewalt, 40, an entrepreneur in Arlington, Va., Eric Ries is experiencing something different. Eric Ries is experiencing something different.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

The Institute includes a co-working space and accelerator (the Blackstone LaunchPad at UT Dallas), an incubator, a training group, a seed fund, and much more — all working together under the unifying, umbrella theme of entrepreneurship. These include UT Dallas , led by yours truly, the UT Southwestern Medical Center , and UT Arlington.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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