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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Japan alone tripled its investments in Israeli startups in 2021, reaching $2.9 Insight Partners – Insight manages more than $30 billion and was the most active fund in Israel in 2021 (with 46 rounds).

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How R&D Investment Grows Your Business

ReadWriteStart

These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. Direct government funding and tax support for business R&D. As we’ve mentioned, companies engaged in research and development often get financial support from the government, especially when their goals are society-oriented. Consider Fayrix Your Trusted Partner.

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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch was the rare government program that was run like a startup – iterating and pivoting as it learned and discovered.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Over this course you’ve heard from the leading voices across the military, government, and industry issue a call to action. Over the last twenty years, however, China has developed the ability to precisely target fixed infrastructure in Japan, Guam and elsewhere with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles. How might the U.S.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments. Now they are partners.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch was the rare government program that was run like a startup – iterating and pivoting as it learned and discovered.