Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Minneapolis/St. Just as Silicon Valley’s roots can be traced to innovation in World War II so can Minneapolis/St. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St. Parker was a ex Naval Academy graduate and a Minneapolis businessman who owned a glider manufacturing company and was well connected in Washington.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. After all, in order for this all to work it would require the generous donations of philanthropists and (ideally) the support of government programs down the line.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Governments everywhere are looking for ways to increase border security without making the border crossing process more onerous for both the passengers and the people responsible for security. They are experimenting with biometric facial recognition technology and it’s easy to see why. So how does it work?

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). I run an 8-year old information technology company in Englewood, QSE Technologies, Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the world’s technology epicentre. The success of this technology hub has continued to influence global innovators around the world. For some examples of its influence, programming schools are springing up faster than ever in Vietnam with help from the government. Europe has not been left behind.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

Minneapolis voted to defund but then no one could agree on what that actually meant. If they can’t figure it out in Minneapolis, I’m not quite sure how they’re ever going to figure it out in New York. That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. Kathryn is exceedingly practical. New Yorkers are hard.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Austin Tech Alliance understands that leveraging the power of technology can play an essential role in helping to tackle issues like affordability, mobility, and environmental preservation — and we believe the next City Manager should also embrace using tech as a tool to solve these civic challenges. Why does the City Manager matter?

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