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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

but became much less so in the last decade when the bottom-line drove industries offshore. government’s role in setting investment policy, venture capital has set the direction for what new industries attract capital. This approach was successful when U.S. industry was aligned with manufacturing in the U.S.,

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. I enjoy working on my idea, but trying to learn everything oneself is a bit daunting…especially programming. I have had a programming job and tried to do side projects after work/ weekends.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Compressing the Product Development Cycle. The New Structure of the Venture Capital industry.