Board Effect

JUNE 2, 2022

In the interest of efficiency, nonprofits might use grants to invest in technology to reduce the time required for administrative tasks. The following areas will give you some good places to start: Governance. Technology. Seattle Foundation. Review your short and long-term goals and target areas of need. Communication.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I think government and community members need to understand that capital formation is an incredibly important part of economic revival. Luckily since then we elected Mayor Eric Garcetti who understands the importance of startups and of technology and venture capital on job creation. ” I don’t see much evidence of that.

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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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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The only science and technology-focused comprehensive university located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Harrisburg University’s academic mission is to create, to attract and to expand economic opportunities in the region.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A friend of mine in Seattle just asked me the same question recently. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type. This is tough, and something I hear a lot.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2013

To accelerate that program, President Obama and US CTO Todd Park have created a national event to leverage technology and open data to strengthen our democracy in the United States. Government government hackathon open data rally' The open data movement is great for business, but is also great for us as citizens.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. You just don’t. Get over it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. 4 ]Theres probably also a second factor: startup founders tendto be at the leading edge of technology, so problems they face areprobably especially valuable. [ 10 ]Yes, actually: dealing with the government. Afterthat theres not much.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  The VC community suffered a very similar scandal at Seattle-based Entellium last year, but few reporters seem to remember that one, perhaps because it wasn't located in the heart of Silicon Valley as Canopy was.   In truth, our industry is built on a trust model.   Prudence wins out over blind trust.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice. 3 ]If "near you" doesnt mean the Bay Area, Boston, or Seattle,consider moving. 6 ]Ive omitted one source: government grants. Angel Investors Angels are individual rich people.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 21, 2020

It has a politics—this Vietnam-era rejection of the military-industrial complex, rejection of the mainframe, Big Business, Big Government, big universities.” Ironically, of the three public companies that have > $1 trillion market caps, one of them (Microsoft) is headquartered in Seattle, which is definitely not part of Silicon Valley.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

3/ A powerful warning shot to technology brands. Similar effects are seen in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods, home to Amazon’s main HQ and Microsoft. 5/ Network-scale businesses often have more power and leverage over governments. 4/ Politicians need to become dealmakers for their constituents.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

United Way partnered with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management to offer classes on general board governance topics such as finance and accountability. Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, Seattle. How Board Portal Technology Can Assist with Nonprofit Diversity Initiatives.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Using AI technology developed at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, RoadBotics’ smartphone app allows any car, truck, or bike to identify and rate a wide array of roadway conditions, including cracks, potholes, signage, vegetation, and debris. pdfs sent to the entire force.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A: There are a number of top cities when it comes to mobile sofware and applications: Silicon Valley, New York, Seattle and Austin to name a few. Tags: Digital Government innotech Mobile. Details on Innotech can be found here. Q1: What caused you to want to get into working with mobile telephone platforms in 1998?

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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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Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

Its streamlined nature makes it more responsive than most governments. So in the early days and weeks of the pandemic, when our own federal government seemed largely paralyzed or in denial about how to respond to the rapid global spread of the disease, the Gates Foundation continued to escalate its investments.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. 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 Tens of thousands visit Austin every year for the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Durant of course plays a huge role, but there are many more nuanced elements certain to drive any Seattle basketball fan to the edge of tears. This is an amazing lesson in how everyone can get it wrong for decades – the scientists, the government, and the doctors. The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever, by Michael Mooney (D Magazine).

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

These days, markets change so quickly that you never really know how customers will react to your product or service, or what new technologies will emerge that may significantly change the. The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in Seattle. 16 years later , Starbucks was finally ready to expand outside of Seattle.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Without the proper technology to match people who wanted a ride with people who could provide that service, taxi and chauffeur companies were drastically underserving the potential market. Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 1, 2020

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce, connecting local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. New Investments . We announced three new investments this quarter: We led DemandStar ’s $2 million seed round.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

“Boston has lost its previous leading position as the innovation and high-technology entrepreneurship center on the East Coast.” Startup Chile is a government-sponsored effort to attract and support entrepreneurs from inside and outside Chile with cash and services. Seattle, Washington. Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It’s rich in natural resources and has a number of renowned universities and technology institutions. cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. It’s nearly irresistible when you take into consideration that the Canadian government provides refunds on R&D investments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It’s rich in natural resources and has a number of renowned universities and technology institutions. cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. It’s nearly irresistible when you take into consideration that the Canadian government provides refunds on R&D investments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Happy Cog is a studio founded by web pioneer Jeffrey Zeldman, whose influence helped drive forward web technology and standards in the early 00s. Locations: San Francisco, Austin, New York, London, Milan, Munich, Shanghai, Gurgaon, Seattle, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Sydney. Headquarters: Seattle, Washington. Urban Influence.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We asked public governance and nonprofit leaders to share their expertise around cybersecurity. What leaders told us about cybersecurity We surveyed board secretaries, executive directors, superintendents and assistant superintendents, city managers and others from the fields of education, local government and healthcare.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We just held our eighteenth and final session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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