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NSF Innovation Corps -- What America Does Best

Steve Blank | Posted 05.30.2012

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps combines the best of what the U.S. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together.

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Two Giant Steps Forward for Entrepreneurs

Steve Blank | Posted 04.10.2012

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While MBA's have had a stack of texts to help them "execute" a business model, The Startup Owner's Manual joins the growing library of books for practitioners in "search" of a business model.

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Green Innovation Coming To High-Tech Science Fair At CES 2012

Posted 01.05.2012

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From EarthTechling's Nino Marchetti: CES 2012 will showcase the usual mix of interesting new gadgets and gear, only a portion of which we'd conside...

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NSF ICorps Class 2: The Business Model Canvas

Steve Blank | Posted 02.26.2012

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The 21 National Science Foundation teams had been out of the classroom for just 15 hours as they filed back in with their business model canvas presentations. Their assignment appeared (to them) to be deceptively simple.

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank | Posted 02.20.2012

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Over the last two months, the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. This week we saw the results.

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The Startup Team

Steve Blank | Posted 02.13.2012

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Finding a product/market fit amidst startup chaos requires a team with a combination of hackers, hustlers, designers and visionaries.

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White House Backs New Rules That Help More Moms To Be Scientists

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama and top officials in her husband's administration are embracing new rules designed to make it easier for scien...

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GE Ignored Omniscan Safety Advice And May Have Hid Evidence From FDA, Documents Show

ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

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GE Healthcare ignored the advice of its own safety experts to "proactively" restrict use of its imaging drug, Omniscan, after reports in Europe linked...

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FDA May Tighten Rules On Omniscan, A GE MRI Drug

BusinessWeek / ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing further regulation of three drugs used to create high-contrast images on MRI scans, based on a new a...

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Papaya Hermaphrodites Sought By Farmers, Researchers

LA Times | Jodi S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Papayas, it turns out, have not just one but three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite. The third produces the yummy fruit, but the male and females...

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Porn Surfing Rampant At U.S. Government Agency

Posted 05.25.2011

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An investigative report by The Washington Times reveals porn surfing by employees has been rampant at the National Science Foundation, a government ag...

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