Steve Blank

JUNE 28, 2013

Last night Alison and I along with others were honored for environmental leadership by the California League of Conservation Voters. —— Alison and I both grew up on the East Coast but we’ve been fortunate to live in California for 30 years. And 6 ½ years ago I was appointed to the California Coastal Commission.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2020

People love it, and most governments around the world are pushing bold plans to gain compliance. If redundancy becomes a problem, it’s unclear what companies and governments would need to do to rectify the situation. California, which has the nation’s strictest energy laws, may not meet targets for pollution reduction.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

Some businesses are open, while others are closed but trying to reopen while the remainder are waiting for the government to allow them to reopen. The majority of businesses owners do not full advantage of the programs the government is offering. Failure to Access Small Business Administration (SBA) Programs.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

You might think, as a non-resident of California, that it would be harder for you to set up an LLC. Wondered how a Nevada LLC obtained a small minority membership interest in a Delaware LLC that owns and operates numerous shopping malls in California? In this article read more about how non-residents of California can set up an LLC.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Like over in California, competition here is hot, and demand for high-tech innovation from food, climate tech, and agri-tech is constantly growing. Still, public support for the startup ecosystem has remained steady as the government seeks new interventions to help reboot its startup economy.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

A huge example of this is playing out right now in California. the electric provider for the vast majority of Northern California, has not been responsible for proper maintenance on their power lines and facilities. Green Energy: Rather than wait for the government, some companies are putting up solar panels today. Microgrids.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Their recommendations drew on insights gleaned from over 242 !

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Board Effect

JUNE 9, 2023

A data breach against Broward Health of California , a nonprofit organization that manages health care in Florida in January 2022 affecting 1.35M private data records including social security numbers. Nonprofits Are Unprepared Against Cyberattacks NGOs and nonprofits raised $30 billion in funds each year.

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Board Effect

JUNE 2, 2022

The following areas will give you some good places to start: Governance. Capacity Building Grants: California. Northern California Grantmakers. California Grant Watch (a listing of nonprofit grants in California). The following four steps will take you through how to apply for a capacity building grant.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. By now, the new company they formed called The Curative has performed something like 20% of all COVID tests in the state of California. Fred Turner : Yes.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There’s a need for modern governance today. Modern governance is the practice of empowering leaders with the technology, insights and processes required to fuel good governance. based activist group challenged the legislation with a lawsuit alleging that the new law is illegal under California law.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

Rather than seeking private funding, the company’s owners obtained funds through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), committing them to building products for government use. Today UEC Electronics has increased its workforce more than tenfold, from that original 10 to now 115, and is considered a key government contractor.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Consider this breakdown of government loan programs. FHA loans are one of the most commonly used types of government-backed programs. The government also offers loans designed to help develop rural areas. The post FHA Loans – How Government Loan Programs Work appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Source: Pixabay.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Pescadero, California. We face authoritarian governments in China, in Russia, in Iran and North Korea, governments that not only oppress their own people, Tibetans, Uighurs , those in Hong Kong, but that offer the world a dystopian vision of control. K&S Ranch. December 7, 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

Of course as a non-Korean I can only generalize but when it was my turn I told her my experience of living in Europe and Japan where failure seemed less tolerated than my experience of living in California and working in the tech sector. Perhaps that’s changed in the decade since I left but that was my experience when I lived there.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye. — Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California. Hardened Cybersecurity Defense.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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. And that is what we’ll do.” Now they are partners.

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David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2011

A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson discussed the role of government grants in helping launch tech companies. Fred is not a fan and argues that evaluating and aiding early-stage companies is not a core competency of government organizations. California. o Southern California Innovation Project. California.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

This initiative is starting with a $45 million pilot program that encourages collaboration between the government and industry for more support of new innovation in manufacturing and growth for the economy. Iowa and California in particular are experiencing the benefits of this growth, with Iowa adding more than 19,000 jobs and $176.2

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Up and Running

APRIL 14, 2021

For example, California is in the process of creating requirements for reporting gig worker income. Freelancers and gig workers don’t have the same benefits as traditional employees, but the laws governing the gig economy are changing. Misclassification of workers is one of the biggest problems in the gig economy.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Hawaii, California, Florida, Texas, Washington, and Minnesota place specific areas under the TEA designation. California and Washington maintain their own list, and you’re able to petition the government to designate particular subdivisions. Minnesota funded studies to prove that the EB-5 program works to improve unemployment.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Laws governing data privacy and collection and cyber security are getting passed throughout the country in a rush to address privacy concerns. Those of us that serve as the bridge ( i.e., translators) between the emerging technologies and government regulation recognize that the parties come from vastly different places and understanding.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 13, 2021

By LAURA LOREK, Publisher of Silicon Hills News Like the California gold miners of yesteryear, San Antonio leaders are betting big on a new type of mining to bring the city good fortunes. The world is awash in big data and businesses, government, and the military all want to hire data scientists […]. It’s data mining.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 23, 2024

Normally, I’m in favor of small government and fewer regulations, but this is one where I think the government has a legitimate interest in setting up guardrails to a free market. We started off at Return Path years ago with a standard and fairly benign non-compete because they were standard.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A study co-sponsored by Crawford International and HR.com in Palo Alto, California in 2006 found that “companies that create adaptive corporate cultures outperform companies with non-adaptive cultures by a factor of 900 to 1 as measured by long term net income and stock price growth.” How do I sell my products to the federal government?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Carbon Health is now running some of the largest vaccination sites in California, most famously at Dodger Stadium, in partnership with the City of Los Angeles. I think one of the things that we, who are, you have the privilege of being here, in America, in California, in Silicon Valley. ER : How would you contrast the difference?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We have structural employment issues : The official unemployment rate in the US is hovering just below 10% but “true” unemployment is much higher when you account for those that have stopped looking or taken part-time employment and in key states like California and Michigan we’re downright hurting. Sound familiar?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Conservation programs have struggled to secure funding from governments and private donors. Bears in Yosemite, California and lions in Kruger, South Africa have all been roaming into the spaces usually reserved for human visitors. However, there have been numerous positives, too.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging. How to improve coordination between governments, NGOs and businesses working to help Syrian refugees. The time difference between Washington and California often doesn’t help.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. It seemed that back then the US government recognized the importance of attracting the best and brightest from around the world. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. He was fortunate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

In fact, I originally spoke out publicly in favor of gay rights when it was somehow still controversial to do so back in 2010 after California had made some bad political choices. So as societal movements had impacts on startups affecting LGBTQ issues, for example, I was public about my support.

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Board Effect

APRIL 12, 2023

The individuals who serve on this task force are considered ex officio board members until they leave their government positions. California is an example of a state that mandates voting rights for all board members, including ex officio board members (Corporations Code section 5220). Can ex officio members vote ?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And yet, in spite of all this, small emerging firms are largely left out of government contracting. Selling to the government is a slow process in the beginning. They dislike bureaucratic processes even more, so the government marketplace has never been an attractive option for startup firms. That may be about to change.

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