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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking.

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Can Ireland Offer Startups Something Silicon Valley Can’t?

ReadWriteStart

From [link] to the Silicon Taiga , these programs offer entrepreneurs funding, infrastructure and support in an effort to lure a critical mass of promising young companies and spawn the next Silicon Valley. The Dropboxes and Instagrams of the world still flock to the original Silicon Valley. None has succeeded.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

Greetings from Crete, Greece Reply Jerry Ji , on April 10, 2009 at 11:09 am Said: Simply _THE BEST_ war story I’ve read in months. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Thanks so much for sharing such stories. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

The world still has economic challenges that often aren’t perceived by many of us the tech world in our little cocoons of Silicon Valley, NYC or Los Angeles. Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Open Opportunities For 2012

ReadWriteStart

Today Stathis Katinas from Greece, pitched CarRentalBookers.com , a business he founded with his partner Tristan Mcvean. Nonetheless, I was very happy to see a European entrepreneur, especially one from Greece, amidst that country's utter crisis-ridden state. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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