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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Accomplishing those objectives is especially hard if also under the thumb of a Government agency.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. Whitney Company by writing a personal check for $5M and hiring Benno Schmidt as the first partner (Schmidt turned Whitney’s description of “private adventure capital&# into the term “venture capital”).