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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The story starts with a company you probably never heard of – Engineering Research Associates. Dual-Use Technology As the war was winding down, the leadership of the Navy Computing Machine Lab in OPS-20-G was thinking about how they could permanently link commercial, academic and military computing science and innovation to the Navy.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

TechEmpower

Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact. In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.

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Top 5 Innovative Business Ideas For Civil Engineers

YoungUpstarts

Roads, streets, bridges, metro lines, and huge skyscrapers everything that we see from the business and corporate buildings to malls for entertainment, is just because of the marvels of civil engineering. In the future, we will witness the role of civil engineers evolve even more as technology is evolving everything and everywhere.

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

One of the lessons we’ve learned in building HiHello is to recognize and filter out fake / scam engineering candidates from our recruiting pipeline. The demand for software engineers continues to exceed the supply by several orders of magnitude. Software Engineers also tend to command a much higher salary.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

What does the role demand? Exploring new technologies? But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Instead, given a startup project, they’ll default to building everything in-house, using technologies that they’re already familiar with. It might be.

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

Large corporations and conglomerates, the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have lost their edge and their image. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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5 Ways Technology Is Changing Nearly All Major Industries

The Startup Magazine

There is no doubt that technology has become an integral part of any industry, whether it may be manufacturing, health, transport, or even legacy industries such as construction, publishing and retail. Some focus on using technology as their primary driver of development, while others use it as an aid.