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Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. Combine that with the offshoring mania among established manufacturers, and you've got a full-blown crisis. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

It’s a lesson for countries around the world: Once manufacturing bids farewell, engineering and production know-how depart as well, and innovation activities eventually follow. by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. We can trace how this happened in the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. Says CEO Nat Mani of the Silicon Valley contract manufacturer Bestronics : “We are increasingly seeking to work with start-ups as a form of business development, but also to stay on top of new technologies.