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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. When the Navy added their own staff from the Dayton Laboratory the ERA facility was designated a Naval Reserve Base and armed guards were posted at the entrance. A contract for a system named O’Malley followed. million today.)

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9 Things to Know About Influencing Purchasing Decisions

ConversionXL

says Dan McGinn, president of a research and strategy consultancy in Arlington. Psychologists have determined , for example, that shares in companies with easy-to-pronounce names do indeed significantly outperform those with hard-to-pronounce names. Yes, our preferences evolve as the society evolves. Then it was the family van.

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

Steve Blank

Not surprising with a CEO with a PhD in Math, at ESL the engineers ran the company, pursuing bleeding-edge designs in antennas, receivers and microwaves – at times hand in hand with Stanford’s engineering department. could design and produce, and a good part of it was coming from Silicon Valley. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Sketching A New Mobile Web

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. Progressive enhancement, mobile-first and responsive design can help lead us towards a more unified, future-friendly Web. Let’s face it: designing responsively takes longer and costs more. JavaScript. Techniques. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners. She now photographs thirty newborns a month! And that’s exactly why I love owning my own business.

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Purchase Decisions: 9 Things to Know About Influencing Customers

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. “There are huge incentives in consumer markets, even for competing companies, to make everything the same, ” says Dan McGinn , president of a research and strategy consultancy in Arlington, Virginia. It’s designed to cause you enough pain that you switch to a plan with a higher regular fee. Then it was a minivan.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Who’s next?

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