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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. I know that investors must also be aware of the civil unrest in the UK.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

This is a step forward for the Good Law—which has already helped Brazil a lot—but private business and government need to start doing more to truly help launch Brazil’s mobile potential. Since public and private sectors are working together to bring more people to the mobile Internet, there is tremendous opportunity for growth in Brazil.

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