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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. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Costing $250,000 ($3.2 Each ATLAS I cost the NSA $1.3 This was not a harmonious arrangement. Paul was the place to be. How Did ERA Grow So Quickly?

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this? Gorbachev, now the Soviet Premier, had to grapple with the spiraling cost of military systems that weren’t amortized by consumer purchases. By the mid 1980s Ronald Reagan was cranking U.S. And the rest is history.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. What’s bringing them here?

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The Killer Angels

Venture Chronicles

Rarely in history has so much been said in so few words, which served to define a war of a different kind that had cost so high a price in terms of death and destruction. Today, Arlington Cemetery occupies land that once belonged to General Lee. It is ironic how the same debate inspires similarly impassioned debate today.