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Joint Statement by Colorado High-Tech Companies on COVID-19

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been involved with a number of leaders in the Colorado tech community since Wednesday morning as we’ve aggressively mobilized to address the Covid-19 crisis. local nonprofit organizations that are helping at-risk communities who will be severely impacted by this pandemic. Why are we taking these unprecedented steps?

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. Each team of innovators is supported by a broader community of interested citizens throughout the country. MyUSA is working to solve these problems.

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Approaching The Blockchain With Business

The Startup Magazine

Blockdraws Technologies COO, Konstantinos Despotakis is a former online casino CEO and also a former Deputy Director of Compliance at the AGCC. In addition, the founder Darin Oliver, also took in Kim Lumbard, the Blockdraw’s current CTO. Governments will not stand for it, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t a solution.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

It attracted a very high quality crowd of senior executives from major investment banks and members of the innovation community — two groups that don’t normally mingle. My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" He has 20 years’ experience as CTO.

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SXSW Startups: Horizon

Austin Startup

They’re pioneering a new dimension of gaming that belongs to its players and building a crypto video game arcade called Arcadeum, which is a community-driven platform for decentralized games where players enjoy the freedom of true digital ownership, open economies, provable fairness, privacy, and the ability to earn real-world value through play.

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I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

Austin Startup

More importantly I want to share what I have learned, my expertise, and the opportunity I had back to the Austin tech and startup community. Adrian Mendoza from Mendoza Ventures, he is a Mexican-American investor and entrepreneur who helped transform our business from a consulting to a product company. ?

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