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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Before Facebook, she held various roles in Customer Success at Amazon and built global education technology products at Pearson Education in New York City.

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A Discussion About Technology in Education in my Home Town

Rob Go

I was lucky to attend a discussion last night on technology education in Arlington schools. It was graciously organized by Larry Bohn from General Catalyst, who sent multiple kids through the Arlington school district. There was a great group of investors, entrepreneurs, and educators who all live in Arlington.

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4 Reasons To Consider A New Domain Name For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

I’m not a domain investor myself, but, after spending 10 years in Internet marketing working for companies like Expedia and Partner Fusion, a leading marketing and technology incubator, I’ve seen many signs pointing to the value of new exact-match domains. Rob obtained a bachelors in accounting from the University of Texas Arlington.

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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.

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

Steve Blank

In building ESL Perry made a conscious choice to emulate Hewlett Packard (then considered the “gold standard” of a great technology company.) Filed under: ESL , Secret History of Silicon Valley , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Bill Perry , ESL , Signals Intelligence , Cold War « Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential?

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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. A 2010 study by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies found that consumers are 67% more likely to buy from the brands they follow on Twitter, and 51% more likely to buy from a brand they follow on Facebook. Then it was the family van.