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The Future of Government: Hayward & the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s been exciting to watch the Lean Startup movement grow from a practice utilized in the tech world to one implemented in a wide variety of sectors ranging from enterprise to education, religious organizations, nonprofits, and government groups. Kelly, your Twitter handle asks, "Can we please disrupt the conversation about local government?"

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank

government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. No, the conversation was about to get more interesting. Over the last two months the U.S. This week we saw the results.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Wired did that conversion in a “mere” 18 months. It never works like that. Reddit took 18 months to get the “number of likes” to work at scale. StackOverflow took 4 years to get everything converted to HTTPS. Everything is hard at scale. What are the patterns in those stories?

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. So my only goal is to give you insights into the conversations we’ve been having in case you don’t have the same access or advice.

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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

Here is some of our conversation: Most of us are familiar with the term technical debt. We’re all familiar with high-profile cyberattacks on major business and government organizations. What exactly do you mean by “Tech Debt 2.0”? Therefore, we created the Tech Debt 2.0 Why should small business leaders take cyber risks seriously?

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. There is a huge difference between the Chinese who have never left and those who went to school abroad, even for a few months – at least a difference in their ability to relate to me and have a conversation on the same wavelength. It changes everything for them.).

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XYO Network: How Blockchain Is Navigating Location Tracking Into The Future

YoungUpstarts

The problem isn’t that multimillion dollar gaming companies or the United States government lack the talent to create robust code. But now, with the Precambrian explosion of technological devices available, there’s another conversation that can take place. The problem is GPS.