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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. A contract for a system named O’Malley followed. Warlock was so large that it was kept at the ERA factory and operated as a remote operations center. This was not a harmonious arrangement. million today.)

Minnesota 318
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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

The “Good” Student » 14 Responses Shane Rogers , on April 6, 2009 at 1:37 pm Said: The names of ‘secret’ customers is funny. I used to work for a company located in Arlington, VA that had the CIA as a client. Their code name was UTR (Up The River) in reference to their geographic location up the Potomac River.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

By way of example, Tolleson Wealth Management , is a multi-family office operation that manages the affairs of more that 150 high net wealth families. These include UT Dallas , led by yours truly, the UT Southwestern Medical Center , and UT Arlington. And, there are many more like them.

Dallas 60
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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Who’s next?

Texas 90
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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. She now photographs thirty newborns a month! 3- Solve a problem I encountered.