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

Steve Blank

And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. Today, every government agency, service branch, and combatant command is adopting innovation activities (hackathons, design thinking classes, innovation workshops, et al.)

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War. Organization Design. And Finals Prep.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

now fighting Germany, and the Soviet Union looming as a potential adversary U.S. code breaking would grow to 20,000 people working on breaking the codes of Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. By the end of WWII, with the U.S.

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Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush

Steve Blank

During World War II, the combatants (Germany, Britain, U.S. physicists who feared that the Nazis would have an atomic bomb led to passionate advocacy before the government became involved. and British emigre physicists – many of them Jewish refugees who had fled Germany and occupied Europe. Here’s the story. 1 national priority.

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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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SXSW Startups: Tunnelware

Austin Startup

A finalist in Augmented and Virtual Reality , which will pitch at 3:30 pm Saturday, March 9, Tunnelware is a product of DigitalTwin Technology, founded in Cologne, Germany, which aims to create digital twins of civil infrastructure. This is a great initiative by UK government to digitize the construction industry.

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The Law on Fonts and Typefaces: Frequently Asked Questions

crowdSPRING Blog

The right typeface is often the key to a great logo, graphic or web design. Many people do not understand the law governing the use of typefaces and fonts. protects only the font software, not the artistic design of the typeface. England also allows typeface designs to be protected by copyright (since 1989).