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TechStars Patriot Boot Camp Is Happening This Week

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But of course the biggest thanks are due to these entrepreneurs themselves, for their service to our country. Finally – thank you, thank you, thank you to all the mentors helping out next week: Aneesh Chopra, Former US Chief Technology Officer. Al Doan, Missouri Star Quilt Co. Patrick Riley, Global Accelerator Network.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

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Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Web Design/Tech Services. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. » More.