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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!) Lessons Learned.

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Protecting Yourself from Counterfeit Products

The Startup Magazine

Impressive technology will help search for and close accounts of those in violation. If still in doubt, the alternative is to use a search engine to find out more about the company and product reviews. As individuals, we can also look at aspects such as the company or vendor. Additional Measures.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital.

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Encouraging the right type of innovation

The Equity Kicker

It transformed information technology that was previously accessible only to big companies into something that even small companies could afford. The UK and US governments now get the fact that innovation (and startups) are the engine of growth and job creation, and entrepreneurialism is increasingly cherished within society more widely.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

Terman encouraged students and professors alike to commercialize technology originally developed in the university research labs, spawning such important institutions as Varian Associates and Hewlett Packard. Technology transfer office. In many cases, this has led to creating centers of excellence (e.g.,

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

Long term capital gains possible for early exit. I've not studied them yet, but at first glance I can see some really slick technologies being transferred into a Newco with these basic terms, and funding a lot more deal flow. it is one of pdf search engines (for example [link]. Bloom Energy get out of the way!

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