- The US Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’
The Navy's chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says he has spent the last two and a half years cutting through the red tape and shrinking the protracted procurement cycles that once made
- Innovation takes a backseat at small companies as tariffs . . .
Small companies, which often drive the innovations that create jobs and economic growth, already are under strain With fewer people on staff and tighter budgets compared to large corporations, entrepreneurs say they are spending more time on cutting costs, suspending or arranging orders, and deciding how much of their tariff-related costs to charge customers
- Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U. S. Battery Boom
Across the country, a start-up, Group14 Technologies, slowed construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash , after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs
- Why reviving U. S. tech manufacturing is harder than you think
Trump’s wrecking ball to global trade has already proved too fast and too disruptive to encourage companies like Apple to quickly move their production to the U S
- Is America really experiencing a startup ‘boom’? - The Hill
US venture funds raised $66 9 billion in 2023, and globally funds raised $160 9 billion ” Higher interest rates and an overall lack of positive business sentiment are blamed for the fall
- 3 charts: The US has more startups than VCs can support
Many of them are aggressively competing for funding in a slow dealmaking landscape At the same time, over 2,000 VC firms effectively halted making new investments in startups in the first nine months of 2023 Approximately 3,200 startups failed in 2023, and there’s even a burgeoning industry dedicated to helping founders wind down their
- The US Government Is Not a Startup - WIRED
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is
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