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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Navy’s was called CSAW ( Communications Supplemental Activity Washington ) also known as OPS-20-G. The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. The Army focused on decrypting (breaking/decoding) Japan’s diplomatic and Army codes while the Navy worked on breaking Japan’s Naval codes.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. Currently, Nereyda is a Global Program Manager at Facebook where she leads global outsourcing initiatives for its community operations team.

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Veteran-owned Business Closing The Gap Between Gender and Work Leadership Gaps

Hearpreneur

I came to the EDA at the very end of 1983, after working for a decade for Arlington County. At that time, development in Arlington was slowing down, while Fairfax County, which had a lot of land for development was becoming much more aggressive about attracting and retaining businesses and jobs, and generating wealth.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

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. When I released this information into the community my life became in danger. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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The Rise of the Hacker Space | Update on 3D Printing Venture Camp @GeorgeMasonU

Campus Entrepreneurship

This evening, I was able to work with Arlington Economic Development and Amplifier Ventures in putting on a 3D Printing Venture Camp event at GMU’s Arlington Campus. Dan Wilson of TechShop and Brian Jacoby of Nova-Labs, both hacker spaces, exhibited and sat on our panel. A lot of people in urban settings don’t have that.”.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Baltimore’s startup community has plenty of room for new leaders. There are a ton of programmers in this region and a lot of them are toiling away outside of the communities I highlighted in #2. Start an event or project. You can attract technical talent simply by being known as an outstanding, generous, helpful business person.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In Houston, we are not just running, we are sprinting?—?in

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