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Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment

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Driving to Bloomington a few weeks ago on my way to the older son’s graduation from IU, I was struck as I always am by the sight of a massive windfarm along I65 in central Indiana. A combination of government incentives and high oil prices have made projects like this one feasible and profitable for the companies that build them.

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Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment

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Driving to Bloomington a few weeks ago on my way to the older son’s graduation from IU, I was struck as I always am by the sight of a massive windfarm along I65 in central Indiana. A combination of government incentives and high oil prices have made projects like this one feasible and profitable for the companies that build them.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

In the mid-90s, late '94, early '95 my buddy and I were trying to figure out the best way to listen to Indiana basketball and we had to have a speakerphone where we had one set up in Bloomington, Indiana, one in Dallas, Texas. You really have to lean in and say, "Okay. Start-ups don't always interact with the government.

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The Hard Thing About a Hard City: Why I Support Kathryn Garcia for Mayor of NYC

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That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. They want the government to stay out of their way but they definitely want the government to come and ticket the car blocking the driveway, to stop construction noise, and to solve homelessness but definitely not to put low-income housing on their street.

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government. He gave me the opportunity to answer questions about our proposal, and share the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating job all over America, including the Senators home state of Indiana. Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

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But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. So, when I was researching my book, I looked into what actually happened to the manufacturing workers in Michigan, Indiana and in the South. Then the government says ‘hey, great news!