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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. This was not a harmonious arrangement. Why Minneapolis/St.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. While I was contracting for the US Army in Arlington, VA, I ran into a problem: there were no existing systems capable of processing a massive amount of data streaming in in real time. Photo Credit: Sean Matula.

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Find A Way To Love Your Clients, Or Learn To Let Them Go

YoungUpstarts

by Dave Marinaccio, CCO and Co-Founder of LMO Agency, and author of “ All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek “ “It’s not personal, it’s just business.”. Professionalism demands you do a good job. Professionalism doesn’t demand you miss dinner with your wife to work on a client you hate.

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Food Truck Rivalry on Campuses | WSJ.com | Campus as Market

Campus Entrepreneurship

and Bon Appétit Management Co., two companies that manage food services for universities, say they have seen an increase in demand for college-run food trucks, especially as a way to offer late-night dining options and serve remote areas of campus. Aramark Corp. MIT, in Cambridge, Mass.,