crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. From Wikipedia we learn that Diplomacy comes from the greek word “???????,”

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 28, 2011

From now on, we’re going to be connecting right to direct sources ourselves—to government newsfeeds and to citizens broadcasting their own local experiences right from the scene—right to our TVs. Governments are getting online and making every piece of data they have into a feed. This is only the beginning.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, the United States has had sanctions against Syria since 1986 due to its poor human rights record and state-sponsored terrorism. When you want to do business in a developing nation, you must keep in mind that such countries’ governments are typically volatile. The Rules and Regulations.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2014

He’s decided that the North Korea hack on Sony Pictures was not an act of war but is now trying to decide if it’s terrorism so he can put North Korea on the terrorism sponsors list to join Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria. Oh, and did you realize the US government actually made a $15 billion profit on TARP ?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. How much is he the system of government versus the product of a system? And after two decades focused on counter terrorism the U.S. is engaged in great power competition with both China and Russia. To what degree is Vladimir Putin a unitary actor?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. used radio to change the way he governed, J.F.K. We want a media system where you don’t have one powerful leader who controls the media and you also don’t want a system where you have one powerful media who controls the power. Social Media helps change that.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Adding to this are it’s state sponsored poisonings and assassinations, cyber-attacks against nations and election meddling in the U.S. and other countries.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Adding to this are it’s state sponsored poisonings and assassinations, cyber-attacks against nations and election meddling in the U.S. and other countries.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2018

Global tensions over nuclear arms, crisis in Myanmar, bloody civil wars in Syria and Yemen. . “Reading the news today does not exactly leave you feeling optimistic. Hurricanes in the Americas. Horrific mass shootings. Your heart breaks for every person who is touched by these tragedies. ” And then perspective.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

And anybody with any common sense knows that Trumpism represents the last vestiges of blatant sexism and accepted sexual misconduct in our country as women play a more dominant role in our workforce and in our government. Yeah, he was born in San Francisco. We have never been a perfect nation and we certainly aren’t now.

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