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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Here is where having Marc Berte and a team out of MIT who have designed systems like this for years gave one confidence we could do something others couldn’t copy and at price points that could make us market leaders over night. Note: Company headquarters is in Los Angeles with major R&D also happening in Northern Virginia.

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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region represents the most fertile science and technology region in the country with about $30 billion in federally-funded R&D. They spend the year working with the doctors and the life sciences venture community to design devices and other solutions to those problems and needs.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape the character and employment of all instruments of national power. Maddie Davis, “ The Space Race ” University of Virginia – The Miller Center, 2021. This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute. Space as a Domain.

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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

You wouldn’t need a PhD to know that the driver of the car, Virginia, Ellen’s mother was out of sorts. Virginia was a strong person, but the signs were evident. Unfortunately, it seemed Virginia wasn’t going anywhere fast on that particular day. Then Virginia harkened back to that fateful afternoon in July.

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50 Must Have Features to Include in Your Small Business Website

Brandanew

Most modern customers are used to easy access of information online and expect a well designed site. Do you offer a site design experience that customers find engaging? Without an optimized brand website, your small business will not stand out. What sort of content does your brand site need? Learn HERE. Where will you start?

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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art. You can order Virginia’s book Magic & Loss: The Internet as Art RIGHT NOW. In a manner which was academically-informed but not stuffy.

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The “Grow or Die” Lie: Why Everything You Think You Know About Business Growth Is Wrong

YoungUpstarts

Most processes are designed to instruct an employee how to do something or what not to do. These data collecting processes are designed to get the key data in the hands of the entrepreneur quickly as the business grows. These include rules or controls for mitigating financial and quality risks.

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