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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

While unique for the time, this public-private partnership was in-line with the wartime experiment of Vannevar Bush’s OSRD – using civilians in universities to develop military weapons. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Many of the greatest medical advancements in history were born out of state universities and public academic medical centers. Hospital System Roots.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies.