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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

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Article first published as Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup on Technorati. Across Europe, historically solvent sovereign governments are suffering from an acute case of systemic deficits. Now, more than ever, government agencies in the US and abroad are lousy startup customers.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Destroy Your Startup

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Note: As a public service, I will happily offer the USPS a 15-minute course in “How To Use Google” at my special government rate of $150,000. The Downside Of Government Contracting. Unfortunately, governments seldom do anything quickly, including telling a startup, “No.”.

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An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

TechCrunch LA

Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification of transportation and industry. There’s $25 billion in money set aside for public transit and $12.5

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Insights: How to Build Your Innovation Community

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For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share contributed articles from the Southern California technology community, we have Eric Eide , of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit that recently has been working on trying to help support the local entrepreneurial community across the region. READ MORE>>.

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What’s a “data room” and how do you use it?

Berkonomics

All corporate governance documents, from incorporation articles to minutes of all meetings of the board are maintained in the deal room. Your data room and its contents. Data rooms contain access to or copies of all significant contracts with suppliers, customers, consultants, and others. When to start a data room?

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Insights: Making Technology Transfer and IP Commercialization Work

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For today''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing an article on how to make technology transfer and IP commercialization work , from Siemer and Associates and Siemer Ventures'' Ivan Nikkhoo. Over time, some of this IP has made it to market helping create new products and industries. And many more should. Continued.).

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American Entrepreneurs – Be Happy You Are Not In Spain

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A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Although he has helped a number of startups gain traction, he is now questioning if he should flee Spain, given the recent passage of the unprecedented Exit Tax, which seeks to tax potential, unrealized wealth. He founded Alpha Origins in 2011.