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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. each while Sharpie markers run $0.375 apiece. Looking ahead.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. each while Sharpie markers run $0.375 apiece. Looking ahead.

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Save the US from becoming Greece

David Teten

In their inability to plan for the future, their incompetence in delivering basic government services (like tax collection and land registry), and their lack of courage in confronting established interests, they are providing a brutal foreshadowing of the fate of other poorly-managed European countries. Save the US from becoming Greece.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. But social unrest is created in harsh economic times and we’ve seen this in Greece before. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption. Yes, it seems to largely be thugs.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. And rebellion. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Collaboration.

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Tough Love

Growthink Blog

The recent defeat of the recall effort to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker should hearten those that wish to see governments at all levels benefit from the efficiencies and accountabilities that businesses utilize every day to innovate, execute, and thrive. The process is slow. It is painful. It is cynical-inducing.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

  It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator. It was bootstrapped.