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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. Dual-Use Technology As the war was winding down, the leadership of the Navy Computing Machine Lab in OPS-20-G was thinking about how they could permanently link commercial, academic and military computing science and innovation to the Navy.

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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. Thanks to Heidi Lynne Kurter, Heidi Lynne Consulting !

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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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