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[Review] How China’s Leaders Think

YoungUpstarts

However, he fails to question Cai on how the Chinese government is preventing Chinese equivalents of blocked U.S. When you can behave yourself and self-administrate, the government will be happy to step by and rest,” Cai adds. The nation-building blueprint was ratified into the Chinese Communist Party’s Constitution in 2007.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Coinbase's IPO reflects the massive growth in interest and investment in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum around the world. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for? Can we build better ones? It's extremely difficult.

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

This trend is worrisome because investing in public markets has traditionally been one of the most important wealth creation mechanisms in the U.S., But the resulting shift is correcting long-standing issues in small business lending around distribution and risk selection. in addition to home ownership.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) The McMicking’s bought 50% of Ampex for $365,000 (some liken this to the first VC investment in the valley.) to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies.