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

Steve Blank

And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. Today, every government agency, service branch, and combatant command is adopting innovation activities (hackathons, design thinking classes, innovation workshops, et al.)

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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain issues persist despite the fact that the pandemic is now in the rearview — and venture capital funding has looked to dry up almost overnight.

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SXSW Startups: Tunnelware

Austin Startup

A finalist in Augmented and Virtual Reality , which will pitch at 3:30 pm Saturday, March 9, Tunnelware is a product of DigitalTwin Technology, founded in Cologne, Germany, which aims to create digital twins of civil infrastructure. This is a great initiative by UK government to digitize the construction industry.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

It was Nazi Germany with the V1 and the V2 missiles, and the Messerschmitt 262, the first jet aircraft. But it wasn’t the tank as a technology, by itself, that allowed Nazi Germany to take over Western Europe in a matter of weeks. If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it. That was a great invention.

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A Guide to Conducting Business In France

The Startup Magazine

Japan, and Germany. It is Europe’s 3rd largest as well in terms of handling company bonds and managing financial assets and ranks 5th in financial centers that handle Yuan transactions. The level of education, as well as online services that are offered by the French government, are also highly ranked.

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European Real Estate in 2020: Cooling or Continued Growth?

The Startup Magazine

Germany and France lead. Same as Germany, there is a relatively large disparity between rural areas and major cities like Paris or Lyon, where real estate trends show double-digit price increases in 2019. Image by Mabel Amber, still incognito… from Pixabay. in 2020, up from 3.2% Greece – a positive surprise. Environmental issues.

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[Infographic] Which Corporations Control The World?

YoungUpstarts

We know that big businesses rule the world – and so much more than even governments – but which corporations are those that are so large and control so much market share they pretty much dominate their space? trillion in assets, has 2,963 branches across 70 countries and managing 46 million customers.

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