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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion.

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Small business Congress-watch: Three Pending Bills and Why They Matter

crowdSPRING Blog

Maybe a quick call to your Representative with a simple message is due: Hey! Well, every poorly sealed window, energy-wasting piece of equipment, inefficient furnace, and ancient light bulb they use drains our energy resources, increases costs, and speeds planetary climate change. What’s the holdup?