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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Sadly, this diversity is not present in the job market, politics, in leadership positions in general.It

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Veteran-owned Business Closing The Gap Between Gender and Work Leadership Gaps

Hearpreneur

I came to the EDA at the very end of 1983, after working for a decade for Arlington County. At that time, development in Arlington was slowing down, while Fairfax County, which had a lot of land for development was becoming much more aggressive about attracting and retaining businesses and jobs, and generating wealth.

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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.

Minnesota 281
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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

I used to work for a company located in Arlington, VA that had the CIA as a client. The “Good” Student » 14 Responses Shane Rogers , on April 6, 2009 at 1:37 pm Said: The names of ‘secret’ customers is funny. Their code name was UTR (Up The River) in reference to their geographic location up the Potomac River.

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The Killer Angels

Venture Chronicles

The generals in this war, with the exception of General Lee, were relatively young men in their late 30′s and 40′s, as opposed to the elder soldier statesmen we associate with military leadership today. Today, Arlington Cemetery occupies land that once belonged to General Lee.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. Texas has 96 Hispanic Serving Institutions across the state, including UT El Paso, UTSA, UT Arlington, UT RGV, Texas State, Texas Tech, University of North Texas, and University of Houston.

Texas 90
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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. And that’s exactly why I love owning my own business. Thanks to Terry Kasdan, atCommunications, LLC ! #3- 3- Solve a problem I encountered.