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What government agencies seeking innovation could learn from venture capitalists

In the spirit of the adage that government could learn a lot from businesses, here are some practices and concepts from the VC ecosystem that differ from…

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Defense agencies missing untapped potential in DC area’s own ‘Silicon Valley’

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Does venture capital get the best ideas to market?

Ross Baird, founder of Village Capital, believes that venture capital isn’t doing a good job of getting new ideas to society.
In his new book, The Innovation…

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Silicon Valley on the Potomac

Keith Trippie, a former DHS IT executive, offers a unique approach to funding technology programs that borrows partly from the intelligence community and…

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The role of government in private innovation

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Author Josh Lerner\’s new book examines what, if any, role governments should play when it comes to spurring innovation and investing in venture capital.

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