YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

We continue to read about the wrangling over healthcare legislation in Washington D.C. I’m reminded of the funny one-liner President Reagan used to deliver, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” The right coverage to attract best employees.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

The “customers” in Washington had never seen anything like it. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this? ESL was a systems company that used computers, and in the mid-1960’s using computers for electronic intelligence was considered revolutionary.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Laws and regulations require boards to have effective leadership. In addition to reviewing the board’s existing talent base, nomination committees need to be concerned with planning for a leadership pipeline within the board. There’s a need for modern governance today. While the legislation is active, a Washington, D.C.-based

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He just learned that their incumbent R&D organization has convinced leadership they don’t need any outside help from startups or scaleups. Entrepreneurs versus Saboteurs Startups and scaleups outside of companies or government agencies want to take share of an existing market, or displace existing vendors.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We have taken time as a community and leadership team to reflect and set short and long-term goals and build programs to support and grow member success over time. Photo Credit: J Haleem Washington. Thanks to J Haleem Washington, J Haleem, LLC ! #5- Photo Credit: Calista Redmond. Thanks to Bonnie Kuhl, Archer and Olive ! #4-

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. They also formed a partnership with the City of LA that brought the first drive-through testing to the U.S., creating a model for how other cities can do it.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

It is the only way to ensure your leadership is not trapped in the let’s solve for 2% of our business success thinking. I pay monthly subscriptions for the Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker and National Geographic. Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles. I love governments!

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 25, 2013

I continue to be really discouraged by the US government activity around the Startup Visa movement, and more specifically around immigration reform as it applies to entrepreneurs. Dear Mr. Friends In Washington: Pay attention. Canada is showing real leadership. Why not just emulate them? Related articles.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

That honor actually belongs to her former husband, but Georgetown Bagelry, based in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., entered into her governance after he upped and left a hole in her life. Yes it’s a long story, but Adler’s book “ Who Scooped My Bagel?:

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). Many universities ( University of Washington , NYU , etc.) For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g.,

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. Washington Post: Days are endless when you’re an independent contractor. government policy. Disclosure Policy.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. Governments, stock exchanges, and industry groups in Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, for example, are very active on gender diversity issues. A mere 5 percent of Tech’s senior executives are women.

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2017

My point, rather, is that its leadership — by most accounts — has been actively pushing an us-against-them mindset, and as we’ve seen in recent years in a much broader political context, incendiary speech can readily produce incendiary conduct. NB: I am by no means accusing RideAustin drivers on whole of acting in an unacceptable fashion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

On occasion we take a look at recent legislation coming out of our Federal government in Washington. Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. Hard to believe, but it is true.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Paul Portney , professor of leadership and former Dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, has an interesting piece on the dirth of leadership in American Higher Education. (h/t Dramatic change is coming to this sector, as it has to government, business and the military. h/t Keith Hampson ).

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2011

Raising the debt ceiling and reducing the budget without additional government stimulus is likely to slow the growth of the overall economy. State and local government cuts may come quickly. Already some governments are reducing pensions to retired workers and this will continue. More government contracts may increase (or not).

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 22, 2012

The idea is to stay current on what the folks in Washington are doing for small businesses and startups and to briefly analyze some of those priorities and efforts. A few times a year I take a browse through current legislation that has been introduced in our Congress. The Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act along with H.R.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. One of the things that I thought was another kind of crisis moment, that was kind of a key thing in leadership, was the decision you had to make around [Washington] D.C.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2015

The founders early on identified the core issues and articulated the “problem;” they recognized the “opportunity” represented by the immense resources of the colonies; and they designed a “solution” in a new kind of government, ruled by the people themselves. George Washington. Benjamin Franklin.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

To an early observer, it would have seemed obvious that Route 128 had all the advantages: a head start, more government and military funding, and far more established companies. And although both regions had outstanding research universities, MIT was way ahead of Stanford by every relevant measure. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2017

These are encouraging early examples of innovation applied to empower citizens, optimize existing infrastructure, connect all things and ultimately increase the efficiency of city government. leadership with next-generation technology on the horizon. leadership with next-generation technology on the horizon.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 17, 2010

Many are actually favor government help when needed, but see the direction we are headed as being beyond creating a social safety net to one that is now creating socialism on a broad scale. lavish, expensive government programs. Government is about strings; entrepreneurs are about bootstraps. can do our thing. can do our thing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

Something interesting is happening in Washington, DC right now. The Federal government is being transformed - initially, in small ways - by people I think should be recognized as entrepreneurs. I don't control any government contracts. It is anything but the image of the stodgy government bureaucrat. Start small.

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

.  The non-profit Security Innovation Network , on whose board of directors I now serve, is taking this message to Washington on June 25th. Registration Fee for Government Employees: $45.00. Entrepreneurs, corporate and academic research and development. professionals, and venture capitalists are inextricably linked together.

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Pascal's View

MAY 25, 2009

" While there's been a lot of "Change" in Washington in the last few months, we are still at the bottom of the mountain.     But the impact of those discriminators appears to be diminishing.    Simply stated, we have been eating our seed corn.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 23, 2013

After my euphoria over the passing of the JOBS Act last year, the latest fiasco over the fiscal cliff have me pretty down on Washington’s ability to get anything done that will help create a more robust business environment. Meanwhile, I was happy to leave Washington DC and get back to action-oriented Start Up Land!

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 10, 2009

Organizational challenges and governance questions appear to be gaining the upper hand in faltering efforts by the White House and DHS to address America’s cybersecurity. From the Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima , reported on August 8, 2009: Mischel Kwon, the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

What’s some of the ways that that kind of informs your leadership? Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. One of the things that I thought was another kind of crisis moment, that was kind of a key thing in leadership, was the decision you had to make around [Washington] D.C.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley. Government needs to better understand the role of venture capital as the growth engine in the U.S. venture capital ecosystem and how the U.S.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 25, 2009

Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley. Deshpande explains how universities and research institutes like SRI International are at the center of gravity for innovation today.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 4, 2009

I’ve been to Washington, D.C. speak with legislators and government agency representatives about the need for. Without new approaches to collaboration among government institutions, corporations, universities, and venture capitalists, U.S. twice in the last two weeks to. message that U.S. economy, are at risk of stalling out.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Joseph Hall, a partner with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardell, said the government could have caused part of the problem by repealing the Glass-Steagall Act’s separation of investment banks and commercial banks. The good news, Weild said, is that Washington seems to be paying attention. ….

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