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Hacking for Defense @ StanfordĀ 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Their recommendations drew on insights gleaned from over 242 !

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Investing In Rural Startups: Green Card Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs)

The Startup Magazine

Hawaii, California, Florida, Texas, Washington, and Minnesota place specific areas under the TEA designation. For example, Hawaii states that the Island of Hawaii, the Island of Kauai, the Island of Oahu, and the Islands of Maui, Lanai, and Molokai qualify in non-metropolitan areas.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

20, 2021 we opened our first flagship store in Waikiki, Hawaii. We set up channels of communication between our members and the government as well as recovery working groups. Through a difficult time, hard work can still pay off. We launched We Are Dark on Dec. We worked tirelessly and on Nov. Thanks to James Ross, We Are Dark ! #12-

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eve is coming to Austin

Austin Startup

From Hawaii to Ho Chi Minh, we hail from 10 different countries (and counting). Governments around the world were slow to react and given our industry experience and our expertise (we were already working on a similar partner app for eve) we decided to give it a go. Since the pandemic began, eve has grown from 6 to 21 people.

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Different Records Shown During a Fingerprint Background Check

Women Entrepreneurs Can

In addition, the 10th Amendment means that states can keep certain information private from the federal government. For instance, in Hawaii, there is a seven-year limit for felonies and a five-year limit for misdemeanors. The problem is that the IAFIS database doesnā€™t always accurately report arrests.

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What I Read On Spring Break

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I just spent a week off the grid in Hawaii with my partner Ryan, his wife Katherine, and their son. He believes in the theory of localist and giving strong power to local government and weak power to national / federal government.

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All Investing Has Impact

This is going to be BIG.

Traditional drivers of "private equity good behavior"--the government pension funds representing the little guys, like cops, firemen, and teachers--they won't even touch the space. blacks and whites use marijuana at comparable rates." " Yet in all states but Hawaii, blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana offenses."