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10,000 Startups ā€“ Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. Iā€™m partnered with four great organizations to deliver the program. If you can’t see the video above click here.).

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Sam earned a BA in Communications Arts and Sciences from Michigan State University. For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic ā€” Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. —-. . ā€¦

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Steve Blank

All branches of the military (the Air Force and Army would fund the program as well) wanted Stanford to build prototypes of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare systems that could be put into production by partners in industry. Over a hundred government contractors reviewed Stanfordā€™s work on tubes and systems.

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Making a Dent in the Universe ā€“ Results from the NSF I-Corps

Steve Blank

While many government agencies use Technology Readiness Levels to measure a projects technical maturity, there are no standards around Business Maturity Levels. It doesn’t replace private capital with government funds. And to our new teaching teams at University of Michigan and Georgia Tech – Itā€™s your turn.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation. We moved our company from Michigan to Baltimore in 2015, and it was a great decision for us. Governments are also investing heavily in health care to combat chronic and critical illnesses.ā€ It is not only U.S-.

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Reflections of America this July 4th

Both Sides of the Table

I know we have a budget deficit and as an economic conservative I believe in smaller government. Every government form in England seemed to ask questions about my parents. He thought about the plight of his long-time partner and her desire to spend time with her family. In American we have people like Charles Best. Nobody cared.

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