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University of Michigan Joins the Global EIR Network

Feld Thoughts

After a decade, it’s clear that our federal government has broadly failed us on this front. In 2015, I announced the Global EIR initiative to try something different. Today, I’m happy to welcome the University of Michigan to the Global EIR network.

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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

We assume it will be a 2-3 day discussion, but may be much longer, because of the CR (Continuing Resolution) to fund the government overall. It has funding, change in fees to make them more rational, movement to make US into compliance with global patent standards (get rid of best mode , and move to ‘first to file’).

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Principles For Low-Budget Marketing Strategies Every Startup Should Know

YoungUpstarts

It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand. The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments.

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Damaged Pure Michigan Brand Impedes Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Outside of Detroit and a few other urban pockets in the state, it is hard to go anywhere that isn’t scenic. This is the message that is being sent to the global marketplace right now. The situation in Flint and the apparent lack of responsible government and the continuing apparent. Here’s what Pamela Menges, Ph.D.,

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Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley – Going to Where the Action Is

Steve Blank

They enabled companies to comply with local government laws – for example to allow foreign subsidiaries to transfer manufacturing technology from the U.S. They helped to globalize their innovation cycle and tap foreign expertise and resources. (An parent company while providing technical services for foreign customers.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. I know that investors must also be aware of the civil unrest in the UK. We’re 2.5

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