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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Note: Company headquarters is in Los Angeles with major R&D also happening in Northern Virginia. I am inspired by her ambitions and plans. I can’t wait to see what Team uBeam produces. Upfront Ventures'

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

Maddie Davis, “ The Space Race ” University of Virginia – The Miller Center, 2021. Martand Jha, “ This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever ” The National Interest, July 27, 2017. Space as a Warfighting Domain: Issues for Congress ” Congressional Research Service. Space as a Domain.

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Learn To Code With One Month Rails

YoungUpstarts

.” Many students who have undergone the program and picked up web development include Sandi Lin, CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based Everpath ( www.everpath.org ), Bradley Kipp, co-founder of Virginia-based UpHex ( [link] ), and Mike Wyatt II, a GM factory worker-turned-developer based in Missouri.

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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region represents the most fertile science and technology region in the country with about $30 billion in federally-funded R&D. It’s a Capitol Idea. However, the region has historically underperformed in translating its enormous R&D output into impact. When Steve and NSF created the I-Corps™.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

Virginia topped Forbes Magazine’s list of best states for business in 2013. Virginia is known for its educated workforce and diverse industry. Moreover, the state has the second highest number of startups in the country, according to the Small Business Friendliness survey.

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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

You wouldn’t need a PhD to know that the driver of the car, Virginia, Ellen’s mother was out of sorts. Virginia was a strong person, but the signs were evident. Unfortunately, it seemed Virginia wasn’t going anywhere fast on that particular day. Then Virginia harkened back to that fateful afternoon in July.

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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art. You can order Virginia’s book Magic & Loss: The Internet as Art RIGHT NOW. In a manner which was academically-informed but not stuffy.