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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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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. My prognosis? I’ve been parroting this for 2 years. We have a two-track economy.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

The government should also send Brazilian executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, not just academic students. An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students. Enact more tax breaks and funds for startups.

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5 Famous Introverted Leaders And What You Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

Rowling lost her mother, moved to Portugal, and began (and ended) a marriage that left her with a daughter to raise on her own. In his biography, iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon he shares: Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me – they’re shy and they live in their heads. They’re almost like artists.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Were hiring. We were overly-naive engineers trying to solve a problem,” Phil says with a laugh, looking back on a time when the crazy set in. The Next Web. TNW Conference. Part of The Next Web family. Twitter Now Available In Basque, Czech and Greek. Why is Apple ditching the YouTube app from iOS 6? Save to read later. Copy-paste link.