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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

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Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good post by Seth Godin about online communities & personal motivations … Us vs. us – [link]. Good post by Seth Godin about online communities & personal motivations … Us vs. us – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

Introducing Hacking for Defense – Connecting Silicon Valley Innovation Culture and Mindset to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. What do all these groups in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community (DOD/IC) have in common? North Korea. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, CIA, NSA.

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Can the Bitcoin code be forbidden by democratic governments?

The Startup Magazine

For now, this is the price to pay to have a good relationship with the authorities and not attract unwanted attention to the community. People will be able to run their home software, become active nodes, or keep miners in the closet no matter what the governors say. See more here. Payment of taxes. This is the basis of technology.