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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

Nations decline when they lose allies, decline in economic power, lose interest in global affairs, experience internal/civil conflicts, or the nation’s military misses disruptive technology transitions and new operational concepts. Today the U.S.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Because Iran, North Korea, drug cartels, tax evaders, and money launderers are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions, bank laws, taxes, and pretty much violate every lawful economic law on the books. They are already starting to do so, in China and South Korea, and the impact of this on Bitcoin value is just beginning.

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Staying Cyber Aware in a Crisis: Smart Tips for Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

In considering a total risk management plan, boards, senior executives, and risk management teams need to be aware that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current global crisis for their own benefit by using terms related to the crisis to commit cybercrimes. Underground forms are flooded with the same types of conversations.

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5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Diplomats

crowdSPRING Blog

With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. ” defined as a folded paper or document. Diplomats work tirelessly.

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Foursquare? A Bakery?

Growthink Blog

Growing Globally Has Never Been Easier. The teapot dictators in Iran and North Korea may get all the ink, but it is the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian technocrats with their quiet defense of free markets and trade that make hay. For this is the age of the global entrepreneur. Luckily for all of us, their time has past.

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Top 5 Fastest - Growing Freelance Platforms in 2020

Transformify

continues to cut jobs, it comes as no surprise that the Global Freelance Platforms Market is growing at a fast pace. Apart from the veterans Upwork and Freelancer.com, there are new and emerging players entering the Global Freelance Platforms Market each year. Given that the gig economy is on the rise and Industry 4.0

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Watch Out for Seven Traits Of A Dominant Visionary

YoungUpstarts

Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s CEO, was fired because he created an extreme company culture — described by Der Spiegel as “North Korea without labor camps” — that drove employees to create and install illegal software that cheated on vehicle emissions tests. And there can be a dark side.