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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

Here’s a word association game: what do you think of when you hear “Omaha, Nebraska”? There are some really talented engineers and developers here, and often they just want to focus on building great solutions to frustrating problem. by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. But not for long.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

And as engineers they believed weed versus crop recognition, while hard, was doable. They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains. The web-based teams needed to have their site up and running and be driving demand to the site with real Search Engine Optimization and Marketing tests.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Autonomow team members: Jorge Heraud (MS Management, 2011) Business Unit Director, Agriculture, Trimble Navigation, Director of Engineering, Trimble Navigation, MS&E (Stanford), MSEE (Stanford), BSEE (PUCP, Peru). Vogt Holding), PhD Mechanical Engineering (FAU, Germany), MS Engineering (ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. And to help teach these many teams, the NSF will recruit other universities that have engineering entrepreneurship programs to become part of the Innovation Corps network. Congressman Lipinski Gets It.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

With science and engineering breakthroughs ingrained in the fabric of Houston’s economy, the region has become a thriving hub of digital technology talent. Today, startup founders focus on the fundamental challenges of our time with energy, life sciences and industrial technologies dominating Houston’s tech scene. all Bay Area firms?—?investing

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Engineering & Accounting Svcs. . - Amusement & Recreation. Auto Repair, Parts & Services. Beauty Salons, Barber Shops. Computer & Software Services. Drycleaning/Laundry Services. Educational Services. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Freight, Moving/Delivery. Health, Medical & Dental. Hotels & Other Lodging Places.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2011

VC Cafe

Microsoft bought visual identification video search engine Videosurf , which developed a technology that locates video clips on the Internet. The soy products company has manufacturing and logistics facilities in Ashdod and Ashkelon in Israel as well as in South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Ningbo, China.