Government Programs
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Steckman: Defense startups cannot require prior experience winning large government programs
“There aren't actually a lot of big programs in government, and so one of the things you don't need to necessarily look for, I think what you would, in a traditional hiring process, you would look for someone who has demonstrated the ability to Capture a large …”
Silicon Valley's ecosystem is built entirely upon government-funded foundational technologies
“I mean, look at all the things that came out of the government, integrated circuits, the internet, GPS you know, it goes on and on and on. Those came from government programs. All of Silicon Valley is built on top of it, right?”
Gates: Many Top Government Programs Originated as Philanthropist-Funded Pilots
“A lot of the best government programs, if you look into them, some philanthropists funded the pilot, you know, brought together talented people, and often you're using them Same skills that you cause you to be able to be successful and now using it on behalf o…”
David Sacks argues government programs create constituencies preventing future spending cuts.
“Once the programs are created, there's going to be, it will create a special interest or constituency who is now dependent on those programs and no one's ever going to want to cut them.”
Blended finance organizations solve social challenges more efficiently than governments
“Some of those organizations are just more efficient in allocating capital and tackling social challenges than if you asked a pure, purely nonprofit to do it, or you asked a government program to do it.”
Checked secured a 4M NOK loan with a 75% government guarantee
“So we just took a loan of four million Norwegian crowners and we wouldn't be able to do that without security. So there is the government program that actually stands for 75% of the security of that loan.”