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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

We just held our sixteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

Startup Professionals Musings

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world. That’s more than a lifetime in today’s technology.

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Israel Generative AI predictions for 2024

VC Cafe

As Viola points out, there are 5 main barriers to adoption: Security, privacy, intellectual property, performance, and cost. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product. Overall, Israeli startups raised $7.3

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7 Business Realities To Temper Invention Excitement

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

Those who believe this argue that as wages increase in China due to rapid economic growth in the country, China is becoming less and less competitive on the cost front. From smiley face stress balls to fancy LED lighting, kitchen equipment to high-tech aircraft parts, Chinese factories can manufacture them all – and in massive quantities.

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