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

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Show Summary. Welcome back from the weekend!

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

techcrunch.com

Lead ASP.NET MVC Web Developer confidential Mobile App Developer WCNC-TV UI Engineers Meetup Product Designers Meetup Software Engineer Mobile Dev Yelp Inc. RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers Arul & Associates LLC Accounting The Resumator HR admin.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

While labeled the “dot.com” bubble, valuations went crazy across a wide range of technology sectors including telecommunications, enterprise software and biotech, not just the Internet. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union.

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Top 5 Fastest - Growing Freelance Platforms in 2020

Transformify

Some freelance platforms offer mostly fixed price gigs like designing a logo, writing a guest blog post, optimizing a Facebook campaign, setting up a Google Ads account and the like. Thus, employers need the time tracking software provided by Hubstaff and pay a licensing fee. Short-term Gigs versus Long-term Freelance Jobs.