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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. The problem is they don’t know how to be innovative in peacetime when innovation succumbs to the daily demands of execution.

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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Also Available On. Show Summary. AUGmentecture, Inc.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. They thought we should be able to demand payment. They forgot about demand and supply. Supply doesn’t automatically equal demand – especially financial demand. Brands can’t be a-political, they need to stand for something.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

In 1294 Gaykhatu (literally, “Awesome” in Mongolian) was the leader of one Hoard of Mongols ruling over what is now Iran, Iraq and Southwest Asia. When he heard that Kublai was just printing his own money, he saw his path to riches and summoned the Ambassador from Kublai’s court, demanding to see the new paper currency.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Tapping into global markets – There are talented people in the world who can’t earn a “global market rate” for their services but when you open them up to global demand – boom! An obvious example of this is oDesk.

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5 Meetings That Changed The World

YoungUpstarts

by Gemma Falconer, a member of the Demand Generation team at Citrix and GoToMeeting. During WWII, ‘the Big Three’ met in Iran in 1943 at the famous Tehran Conference. Gemma Falconer is a member of the Demand Generation team at Citrix and GoToMeeting , a cloud computing company that enables mobile workstyles.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. Now for every dollar a VC raises $2.50

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