Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

Every movie I had seen – 12 O’clock High, Memphis Belle, etc. – assumed that there were no electronics other than radios on these bombers. I ultimately answered that call, joining Sun Microsystems with a 3-digit employee number. In all the Germans had over 7,500 radars dedicated to tracking and killing the allied bombers.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Europe Germany 210

View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

The food supply chain has been rattled with distribution shifting from restaurants to grocery and with food production bottlenecks resulting from fewer employees at work. Consequently, prices for meat will likely increase, which will decrease demand for meat for a set of cost-conscious consumers who are increasingly facing unemployment.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

One of those real-world examples is FedEx, the Memphis-based delivery company. When I visited Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx, at his Memphis headquarters, he said strategy was his company’s top priority. If you cut 1 percent in cost or time, that’s not much. They invest in employee learning (Smarts).

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

The research suggested the best states for startup activity included New York, Memphis and Dallas. This implies a lack fundamental skills, including leadership and confidence to grow a business and hire multiple employees. Avg # of Employees. Table 1 – Source: State of Women-Owned Businesses, 2016 American Express. 11,313,900.

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