YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 28, 2014
The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. Idaho may be known for potatoes, but it should also be known as a stellar place to start a business. Government is a large employer—given the state’s proximity to Washington, D.C.—and
Steve Blank
JUNE 24, 2013
Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models. Rent Seekers. No regulation?
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The Startup Magazine
MARCH 10, 2021
Statistics have been vital to the way our governments have provided their citizens with information on the pandemic. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. It may come as no surprise that the most common employer of statistics students is usually the government. Politics play a huge role in our lives.
Steve Blank
JUNE 24, 2013
Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models. Rent Seekers. No regulation?
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. His description: “We announced a new $500 million fund in Q1 of 2019, in our 10th year. to 3.0x.”. .”
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Rural areas have been neglected by both commercial companies and the government. I don’t want this to be a government service, but any port in the storm. Local governments are smart enough to insist on getting cable access in the village, but they often neglect the farmers just one mile out of town.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
AUGUST 23, 2013
Our government allocated part of the 2.9 Philo Farnsworth, the Idaho farm boy, helped invent TV. It’s a private company solving a problem –nothing like a win-win free market solution to beat wasteful government spending eh? It’s not. Millions of rural Americans have no, or quite poor, web access.
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