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| 03.04.2025 | The Art of Communication: How to Speak Smartly Without Sounding Stupid | In a world where first impressions matter, how we communicate can make or break our credibility. The quest to sound intelligent often leads us down a treacherous path. We pile on jargon, sprinkle in complex vocabulary, and weave intricate s... |
| 02.04.2025 | 230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech | Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users – Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230).
Don’t be fooled – many of Section 230’s detractors claim that this critical law only protects big te... |
| 04.06.2024 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 393: The Importance Of Section 230 For Online Communities | At the latest committee hearing about its repeal bill, Congress finally deigned to bring in one witness who spoke in defense of Section 230. Engine Executive Director Kate Tummarello got a little bit of time to explain how Section 230 isn’t... |
| 28.05.2024 | Wanna Make Big Tech Monopolies Even Worse? Kill Section 230 | It’s no fun when your friends ask you to take sides in their disputes. The plans for every dinner party, wedding, and even funeral arrive at a juncture where you find yourself thinking, “Dang, if I invite her, then he won’t come.”
It’s even... |
| 23.05.2024 | Congress Wants A Magic Pony: Get Rid Of Section 230, Perfect Moderation, And Only Nice People Allowed Online | The internet is the wild west! Kids are dying! AI is scary and bad! Algorithms! Addiction! If only there was more liability and we could sue more often, internet companies would easily fix everything. Once, an AI read my mind, and it’s scar... |
| 06.06.2023 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 353: Moderator Mayhem! | Last month, in partnership with Engine, we launched our new browser game that puts you in the shoes of a frontline content moderation worker at a growing online platform: Moderator Mayhem. If you haven’t tried it yet, you can play it in you... |
| 11.05.2023 | Moderator Mayhem: A Mobile Game To See How Well YOU Can Handle Content Moderation | Play Moderator Mayhem in your browser » |
| 23.02.2023 | Section 230 Won’t Protect ChatGPT | The emergence of products fueled by generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT will usher in a new era in the platform liability wars. Previous waves of new communication technologies—from websites and chat rooms to social medi... |
| 07.06.2022 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 323: Why Patent Quality Matters | This week is Engine’s second annual Patent Quality Week, focused on the many ways that the patent system allows low-quality patents to get through, the problems this causes, and what can be done about it. On this week’s episode, we’re joine... |
| 27.04.2022 | Introducing Startup Trail: A Game About The Policy Challenges Tech Startups Face | Play the game and test your skills » |
| 05.09.2021 | 3 Ways to Be a Better Advocate For a Startup Visa | September 5, 2021 4 min read
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For generations, immigrant entrepreneurs have made important and game-changing contributions to the American economy. Some are household names, like... |
| 10.08.2021 | Petition: Engine is asking tech leaders to defend DACA to support innovation | For the tech world, innovation is more than just a buzzword. It’s a key part of how the industry survives.
With that in mind, DC nonprofit Engine is launching a petition for tech organizations to push policymakers to defend DACA, or Deferre... |
| 23.09.2020 | Busting Still More Myths About Section 230, For You And The FCC | The biggest challenge we face in advocating for Section 230 is how misunderstood it is. Instead of getting to argue about its merits, we usually have to spend our time disabusing people of their mistaken impressions about what the statute d... |
| 23.09.2020 | Busting Still More Myths About Section 230, For You And The FCC | The biggest challenge we face in advocating for Section 230 is how misunderstood it is. Instead of getting to argue about its merits, we usually have to spend our time disabusing people of their mistaken impressions about what the statute d... |
| 02.09.2020 | COVID-19 and Tech Startups | Francis Hernandez, Tech Times 02 September 2020, 01:09 am
(Photo : COVID-19 and Tech Startups)
Not many of us will consider starting a new business in these trying times. People are scared. Many are getting laid off as a result of the pande... |
| 19.08.2020 | Hangar raises $15 million for its venture studio for government technology startups | Josh Mendelsohn, the Bloomberg digital campaign advisor and venture studio founder, thinks that cash-constrained government agencies from the local to the federal level aren’t using technology effectively enough to meet the challenges they ... |
| 07.12.2017 | 5 lessons U.S. startup communities should learn from 2017 | At Engine, we spend our days championing policies and initiatives that support startups. As we entered 2017 amid a new presidential administration and a flurry of media coverage over the economic distress of Middle America, we wanted to sha... |
| 07.12.2017 | 5 lessons U.S. startup communities should learn from 2017 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
At Engine, we spend our days championing policies... |
| 06.12.2017 | Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups | Coachella Valley is referred to as the “Desert Empire” to differentiate it from the neighboring urbanized Inland Empire and the Imperial Valley. The Valley also houses desert resort cities of Palm Springs and Palm Desert and is the location... |
| 27.11.2017 | FCC gutting net neutrality would reverse over a decade of work trying to protect internet users | In a new proposal issued last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set out a plan to eliminate net neutrality protections, ignoring the voices of millions of Internet users who weighed in to support those protections. The new r... |
| 27.11.2017 | FCC gutting net neutrality would reverse over a decade of work trying to protect internet users | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In a new proposal issued last week, the Federal C... |
| 21.11.2017 | Why Tacoma’s Thriving Intellectual Workforce Is Attracting Startups | Tacoma, Washington is a city between the booming Seattle and Portland ecosystem. But why are startups taking up residence in this city versus the nearby ones? In this interview series of #StartupsEverywhere, we talked with Lee Reeves, cofou... |
| 09.11.2017 | There’s More to Fargo, North Dakota Than What’s on the Big Screen | If you hear the word “Fargo,” you might think of the american comedy series or the 1996 film that won multiple Oscars. But there's more to the city than what's on the big screen. It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more ... |
| 24.10.2017 | Why Millennials Are Moving to Downtown Cleveland | What was once the 5th largest city in the country is now a midsize city with a small town feel. The people of Cleveland, Ohio take great pride in building their city and supporting the businesses in their hometown. What you might not see be... |
| 10.10.2017 | Why Startups Are Flocking to Seattle | Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing and Blue Origin are just some of the big company names that are housed in Seattle. It's also one of the hottest places to launch a startup. In this #StartupsEverywhere series we talked with Brett Greene ... |
| 04.10.2017 | Why the Maine Tech Scene Is Attracting Silicon Valley Investors | Portland, Maine has seen a bunch of startup activity in the last year. From Vet First Choice's raise of $223M, to CashStar's acquisition by Blackhawk Network for $175M and everything in between, the tech ecosystem is vibrant and showing no ... |
| 11.09.2017 | When modern day innovators begin to stray | Evan Engstrom Contributor
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| 06.09.2017 | Why the Indiana Startup Ecosystem Is a Hidden Gem of Innovation | West Lafayette is known for housing Purdue University where you can find innovation, forward-thinking students and professors, top research labs, entrepreneurship programs. The Greater Lafayette ecosystem also has a blossoming startup tech ... |
| 28.08.2017 | Beyond the Beach: An Inside Look at the Santa Barbara Tech Ecosystem | Among the beaches and mountains of Santa Barbara, there is an emerging tech scene that is attracting founders to the city from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Kyle Ashby, cofounder of The Sandbox Santa Barbara and StartupSB has helped launch... |
| 16.08.2017 | The Challenges of Building a Startup Ecosystem in a Small Town | The town of Jackson, Tennessee, is known for it's gorgeous Cypress Grove Nature park, Casey Jones Museum and baseball. Within the community Lisa Garner, executive director at theCO, is hard at work building a tech ecosystem and encouraging ... |
| 08.08.2017 | Behind the Scenes of Alaska’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem | Alaska is known for its majestic mountains, in fact seventeen out of 20 of the highest mountains are found in Alaska, its also home to over 3 million lakes and the Northern Lights, and dog mushing is the official state sport. What you may n... |
| 03.08.2017 | An Inside Look into the Madison, WI Entrepreneurial Hub | Madison, Wisconsin is the home to Badger football and some of the best ice cream and cheese in the country. It's also has a booming entrepreneurial ecosystem that is seeing some significant growth in the last few years.
Scott Resnick, Entre... |
| 29.06.2017 | Tom Wheeler defends Title II rules, accuses Pai of helping monopolists | Enlarge / Then-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in 2015.
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| 14.06.2017 | Managing Director of Iowa Startup Accelerator on Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster | David Tominsky, Managing Director of the Iowa Startup Accelerator is an entrepreneurial force in the community. After a major flood in 2008, David grabbed a shovel and helped dig in to bring back the entrepreneurial spirit and build busines... |
| 15.05.2017 | Flooded with thoughtful net neutrality comments, FCC highlights “mean tweets” | Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, March 8, 2017.
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| 27.04.2017 | Over 800 Startups Tell FCC's Ajit Pai Not To Kill Net Neutrality | As we noted yesterday, FCC Chair Ajit Pai has officially kicked off his plan to kill net neutrality — and unfortunately did so by spouting debunked myths and fantasies about how much damage net neutrality was causing for investment. As we p... |
| 27.04.2017 | Net neutrality rules took away your Internet freedom, FCC chair claims | Enlarge / Net neutrality supporters march past the FCC headquarters before a commission meeting on May 15, 2014.
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| 27.04.2017 | The Tech Community Voices Its Support for Net Neutrality | April 27, 2017 3 min read
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday proposed a reversal of existing net neutrality rules that were instituted in 2015. The rules reclassified broadband internet service providers as public utilities in an effort to ... |
| 26.04.2017 | 800 Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Innovators to FCC: Protect Net Neutrality | Net neutrality has been a hotly debated topic in the tech sector for a few years. While former president Obama did a great job of putting laws in place to protect it, innovators around the world are now worried about the future of net neutr... |
| 26.04.2017 | More than 800 startups ask FCC chair to not kill net neutrality | Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released the broad strokes of his plan to abandon consumer protections to the benefit of large corporate players in the telecommunications industry.
While major telecom companies are looking forward to Pai’s FCC... |
| 26.04.2017 | Ajit Pai announces plan to eliminate Title II net neutrality rules | Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas on April 25, 2017.
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| 29.03.2017 | ‘Piracy Filters Are Expensive and Far From Perfect’ | Signed into law nearly twenty years ago, the DMCA is one of the best known pieces of Internet related legislation.
The law introduced a safe harbor for Internet services, meaning that they can’t be held liable for their pirating users as lo... |
| 27.02.2017 | Rise, shine and apply for these jobs: On the Market is back | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight noteworthy job openings and the people who are lookin’. Got a submission? Email us and tell us why it belongs in the roundup.
The advent of a new federal administration has various s... |
| 18.01.2017 | The day the internet stood still | Keep Watch Stay Free Campaign Contributor
This has been a collaboration featuring content from Access Now, Center for Democracy and Technology, Consumer Technology Association, Demand Progress, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Engine, Fight ... |
| 14.06.2016 | Net Neutrality Wins: Federal Court Upholds FCC Open Internet Rules | The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday upheld the legality of the Federal Communications Commission's landmark net neutrality policy, in a resounding vindication of federal rules designed to ensure that all content ... |
| 18.04.2016 | Did You Think the Battle Over Net Neutrality Was Over? Think Again | A landmark decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that will determine the fate of US rules protecting net neutrality could come as early as this week.
The central legal issue before the court is whether the FCC ove... |
| 08.04.2016 | Steal This Show S01E08: Maybe Free Is Not The Future | Featuring Ashwin Navin and Dave Harrison. Ashwin was one of the founders of BitTorrent Inc., and is now CEO of Samba TV; Dave was one of the inventors of BitTorrent streaming and is Samba’s CTO.
We discuss Screening Room, the founder of Nap... |
| 23.03.2016 | The SEC could change the requirements for investing in startups, and that’s not good | Evan Engstrom Contributor
Evan Engstrom is the Executive Director of Engine Advocacy.
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| 07.03.2016 | Steal This Show S01E07: Did P2P Break the Law? | This episode we are joined by Mike Masnick – CEO & Editor of Techdirt, and Evan Engstrom, Executive Director of Engine.
This episode we discuss the extraordinary growth of academic filesharing site SciHub, the new Zeronet distributed to... |
| 01.03.2016 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 63: Hacking The Patent System | We all know the patent system is riddled with problems, and badly in need of reform. But reform comes slowly — really, really slowly. So some tech companies have been doing what they do best: innovate. They are finding ways to get around th... |
| 05.12.2015 | Candidates Need To Address The Tech Industry In The 2016 Election | Julie Samuels Contributor
Julie Samuels is Executive Director and President of the Board of Engine and formerly served as a senior staff attorney and the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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| 04.11.2015 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 49: A Whirlwind Tour Of Current Policy Issues In Tech | Today, we’ve got something a little different: a crossover podcast with the folks from a16z. Last week, Mike joined Julie Samuels from Engine on the a16z Podcast hosted by Sonal Chokshi to discuss a long list of important policy issues rela... |
| 12.05.2015 | The PATENT Act | Regular readers know of my longstanding concerns and frequent posts on the topic of patent trolls. They are a scourge on the startup sector, where patent trolls wreak havoc, and the innovation sector more broadly. The Senate has been workin... |
| 09.03.2015 | Jeb Bush Is The Latest Politician To Demonstrate Absolutely No Understanding Of Net Neutrality | Like many folks, I’m dreading the seeming inevitability of a Clinton-Bush presidential campaign next year involving Hillary Clinton against Jeb Bush. I’m 40-years-old and half of my life has involved a Clinton or a Bush in the Oval Office (... |
| 24.02.2015 | FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Is Leading An Incoherent, Facts-Optional Last Minute War On Net Neutrality…For The American People | Over the last few months we’ve discussed how FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has been waging a one man war on net neutrality and Title II using what can only be described as an increasingly aggressive barrage of total nonsense. Back in January Pa... |
| 20.02.2015 | The Net Neutrality Quiet Period | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently in its weeklong ‘sunshine’ period before the February 26 meeting that will see the agency vote on new net neutrality regulations. The sunshine period means that the FCC takes time awa... |
| 10.02.2015 | Patent troll targets crowdfunding startups — Innovation Act could stop that | On Thursday, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) re-introduced the Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill targeted at fixing the out-of-control patent troll problem.
This comes not a moment too soon, as patent trolls have begun to targ... |
| 11.01.2015 | Why Business Must Take The Lead In Protecting The Global Internet | Chris Mondini Contributor
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| 26.12.2014 | Angels of Innovation: Every Great Company Starts With an Angel or Two… | The lifeblood of online investment platforms is investment. That’s not to take anything away from the brilliant and dedicated entrepreneurs who bravely dance on the cutting edge of industry. But let’s face it, an idea without funding will f... |
| 10.09.2014 | Google changes stance on net neutrality four years after Verizon deal | This is what a Google Fiber installation looks like, in case you were wondering. reader comments 55 with 37 posters participating
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| 10.07.2014 | As first FCC anti-'fast lane' comment period comes to end, startups rally their voices | More startups are trying to jam up the Federal Communications Commission’s “fast lane” proposal — with comments.
Browser maker Opera Software, health care advocate Global Health Living Foundation, mobile advertising firm Heyzap, and interac... |
| 09.07.2014 | Etsy CEO: We Couldn't Have Succeeded Under Proposed FCC Net Neutrality Rule | July 9, 2014 4 min read
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson has asked in official comments for the Federal Communication Commission to reclassify Internet service providers (ISPs) as utilities so the commission will have “authority to protect an open I... |
| 02.07.2014 | Edtech Startups Protest FCC Proposal for ‘Two-Tiered Internet’ | “I urge the FCC not to play policy roulette with the lifeblood of entrepreneurship in this country.” So ends a blog post from General Assembly co-founder and CEO, Jake Schwartz, urging the Federal Communications Commission to rethink propos... |
| 01.07.2014 | Online Education Startups Codecademy, General Assembly, Others Band Together Against FCC Proposed Net Neutrality Rules | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got an earful from concerned online education startups today. General Assembly, Codecademy, CodeCombat, and OpenCurriculum cautioned the FCC in their filings today that an Internet fast lane would... |
| 19.06.2014 | Net neutrality's latest champion: San Francisco mayor Ed Lee | Unlike most of what happens at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, D.C., the raging debate over network neutrality has attracted the attention of businesses and activists nationwide — and now mayors, too.
This is for ... |
| 04.06.2014 | Entrepreneurs Explain How The End Of Net Neutrality Would Mean Their Startups Don't Exist | Most of the discussion on the fight around net neutrality has focused on the big broadband providers, and to a lesser extent, the big tech companies. Unfortunately, that leaves out who will almost certainly be most impacted by all of this: ... |
| 14.05.2014 | First Round Capital to FCC: net neutrality ruling will ‘stifle innovation’ | Investors from First Round Capital were some of the 50 tech investors that sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission decrying its recent proposed ruling that suggests the end of net neutrality. The ruling will “stifle innovatio... |
| 12.05.2014 | FCC Net-Neutrality Plan in Chaos | Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler is scrambling to change his “open Internet” proposal after a torrent of criticism from Internet giants, startups, venture capitalists, public-interest groups and consumers.
Net-neutrali... |
| 08.05.2014 | FCC chairman’s fast lane plan meets resistance from two FCC commissioners | From left to right, FCC commissioners Ajit Pai, Mignon Clyburn, Chairman Tom Wheeler, Jessica Rosenworcel and Michael O’Rielly. reader comments 210 with 82 posters participating
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| 08.05.2014 | Internet ‘fast lane’ proposal crumbles as 150 tech companies voice net neutrality support | FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to allow paid Internet ‘fast lanes’ is quickly losing support as more than 100 technology companies sign on to save the current net neutrality law.
“The cracks are beginning to show in Chairman Wheeler’s ... |
| 07.05.2014 | Activists Are Camping Out at the FCC Until It Upholds Net Neutrality | Image: Wave of Action/Twitter
Four protesters are currently hunkered down in front of the Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington, DC to try to save the internet.
The early turnout is pretty pitiful, particularly becaus... |
| 24.04.2014 | Waiting for patent reform is costing us billions — here are the numbers | After almost three weeks of heated debate, palace intrigue, semantic suggestions, and false starts, the Senate Judiciary Committee left for April Recess on the doorstep of an historic deal to curb the scurrilous practices of patent trolls.
... |
| 21.04.2014 | Red Hook Initiative and Etsy fighting digital divide [Venture Beat] | The digital divide is shrinking in terms of access but widening in utility. There are positive initiatives under way to close that gap, and the progress is encouraging, but the momentum and the importance of completing the work can’t be los... |
| 18.04.2014 | In the Internet revolution, we can’t afford to leave part of the country behind | Too many communities have been left behind as the Internet revolution marches on. In areas of the U.S. underserved by broadband networks – where it might also be too expensive to own a personal computer – adults who went to school too long ... |
| 06.04.2014 | The biggest threat to patent reform: The Apple/IBM/Microsoft coalition | There’s a new coalition in D.C., and big players like Apple, DuPont, Ford, GE, IBM, Microsoft, and Pfizer have all signed up. Unfortunately, launched on the day the Senate was supposed to take up the latest effort to reform the patent syste... |
| 29.03.2014 | Let’s look up from the ‘Google Bus’ and focus on solving real problems | In the Bay Area and across the country, Google’s private buses have become the proxy for important conversations about affordable housing, public transportation, and income inequality.
And whether we like it or not, the tech community has b... |
| 05.02.2014 | No more botched rollouts: These two bills could change how the government buys tech | Without stepping into the debate on the relative merits of Obamacare, all sides agree that the technical rollout of the healthcare.gov site was less than ideal — botched, some would say. And according to a number of commentators, the root c... |
| 29.01.2014 | What tech heard in Obama’s State of the Union address | In his fifth State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama laid out key themes and decisive steps for “a year of action” in government. Both soaring in rhetoric and granular in detail, the President’s remarks provided a roadmap for leg... |
| 14.01.2014 | How Washington will affect tech in 2014: 5 policy issues to watch | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It seems that every year has gotten busier and bu... |
| 14.01.2014 | How Washington will affect tech in 2014: 5 policy issues to watch | It seems that every year has gotten busier and busier in the world of tech policy — and that’s generally a good thing. This morning’s news that a federal court has struck down FCC net neutrality rules is a battle we will have to fight, but ... |
| 05.12.2013 | Why you should care about Internet policy reform | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Eva Arevuo is the communications manager for Engi... |
| 28.11.2013 | How tech can fix the food system | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Joscelin Cooper is communications lead for Engine... |
| 28.11.2013 | How tech can fix the food system | Joscelin Cooper is communications lead for Engine.
The holiday season is a time of high contrasts: we indulge in gluttony and gleeful commercialism while also upholding the values of charity, altruism, and goodwill towards all. It is as goo... |
| 19.11.2013 | We’re changing the narrative of the patent troll story | If you’ve been following the patent troll epidemic in the news at all, you’ve probably also heard of the company I work for. Six months ago, I started working at FindTheBest — the Santa Barbara-based online research engine that helps people... |
| 19.11.2013 | We’re changing the narrative of the patent troll story | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’ve been following the patent troll epidemi... |
| 16.11.2013 | What startups need to know about TPP, the secret global trade agreement | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the name of “individual rights and free expres... |
| 16.11.2013 | What startups need to know about TPP, the secret global trade agreement | In the name of “individual rights and free expression,” WikiLeaks this week released the draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement — an international trade agreement with the stated aim of liberalizing the economies of the... |
| 23.10.2013 | New bill targets the patent trolls that hold us hostage | Today, several members of the House Judiciary committee released the Innovation Act of 2013 as an attempt to curb the pernicious growth of the patent troll business model.
Entrepreneurs, young businesses, and emerging, high-growth technolog... |
| 23.10.2013 | New bill targets the patent trolls that hold us hostage | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today, several members of the House Judiciary com... |
| 18.10.2013 | 3 things every entrepreneurial hub should import from Austin, Texas | Michael McGeary is the cofounder of Engine.
Last week was Startup Week in Austin, Texas and as I was sitting, meeting and writing on Congress Street I was reminded of Austin’s special place in the lineup of growing entrepreneurial communiti... |
| 11.10.2013 | How Obamacare could boost entrepreneurship | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Eva Arevuo is communications manager at startup a... |
| 11.10.2013 | How Obamacare could boost entrepreneurship | Eva Arevuo is communications manager at startup advocacy group Engine.is.
Here’s what we know about the Affordable Care Act: 32 million Americans who would otherwise be uninsured will now have coverage. What you might not know is that Obama... |
| 04.10.2013 | Glassdoor survey: Employee fears of layoffs drop to lowest levels in 5 years | More than 800,000 federal employees are currently being forced to stay home without pay as congress and President Barack Obama are locked in a stalemate over the spending plan for the fiscal year.
Over here in the private sector, things are... |
| 30.09.2013 | What techies should know about a government shutdown | For the first time in 17 years, we’re staring down the barrel of an imminent government shutdown. Why? Congress must pass laws in order to spend money, but so far the Republican-led House and Democrat-led Senate have not been able to agree ... |
| 28.06.2013 | 5 startup founders speak out about their immigration struggles | Yesterday, Silicon Valley won a small but important victory. The United States Senate approved major changes to the existing immigration laws, including introducing a new path to citizenship for those already in the country illegally.
The b... |
| 21.06.2013 | How Startups and Lawmakers Can Combat Abusive Patent Lawsuits | The White House and Congress are building momentum on reforms to curb frivolous patent lawsuits, but intellectual property attorneys say tech startups will have to stay on guard for lawsuit threats from so-called “patent trolls” for the nea... |
| 18.04.2013 | Startups and immigration: 500 Startups, Google, and Creative Commons-backed Engine speaks to Congress | Political advocacy group Engine, which bills itself as the voice of startups in government, spoke to the House Committee on Small Business today in Washington, D.C., advocating for those who have “created all the net new job growth in this ... |
| 18.04.2013 | Startups and immigration: 500 Startups, Google, and Creative Commons-backed Engine speaks to Congress | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Political advocacy group Engine, which bills itse... |
| 17.04.2013 | Immigration Bill Simplified: 5 Proposed Changes For High-Skilled Immigrants | The U.S. Senate dropped an 844-page immigration bill on America’s shoulders today [PDF]. For decades, the tech industry has been begging for more immigrant engineers, researchers and investors. Here are five essential changes proposed in th... |
| 06.03.2013 | Why The New SHIELD Bill Can’t Stop Patent Abuse | In an effort to chase patent trolls back under their bridges, two congressmen last week reintroduced a bill they call SHIELD — a laborious acronym that stands for Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes. While the bill wen... |
