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		<title>Innovation – &#8220;Are we approaching this critical strategic goal in the wrong way?&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 02:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to take money out of your successful defense company.  You should!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The art of taking money out of your company is a hard one and a question I get asked the</p>
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		<title>Professionalizing your small defense company’s Accounting and Finance Functions</title>
		<link>https://highstakespartners.com/2021/10/28/professionalizing-your-small-defense-companys-accounting-and-finance-functions/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In our continued conversation around professionalizing your defense startup as you grow, we talk about some of the things to</p>
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		<title>A Practical Approach to IP Protection for Government Contractors</title>
		<link>https://highstakespartners.com/2021/09/22/a-practical-approach-to-ip-protection-for-government-contractors/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In our continuing series on professionalizing your small defense company as it grows through those initial early steps, we address</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://highstakespartners.com/2021/09/22/a-practical-approach-to-ip-protection-for-government-contractors/">A Practical Approach to IP Protection for Government Contractors</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://highstakespartners.com">High Stakes Partners</a>.</p>
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		<title>Professionalizing Your Defense Company’s Benefits</title>
		<link>https://highstakespartners.com/2021/09/09/professionalizing-your-defense-companys-benefits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 17:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Like many parts of your defense company, what works for benefits with your first 1 or 2 dozen employees may</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://highstakespartners.com/2021/09/09/professionalizing-your-defense-companys-benefits/">Professionalizing Your Defense Company’s Benefits</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://highstakespartners.com">High Stakes Partners</a>.</p>
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		<title>Another Conversation with Kate Ripp: Let it Go to Let it Grow, an important leadership inflection point in the professionalization of your company</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Our recent series of blog topics have focused on that extremely important juncture a company hits when they get to</p>
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		<title>Professionalizing Your Small Defense Company’s Human Resources Organization</title>
		<link>https://highstakespartners.com/2021/08/11/professionalizing-your-small-defense-companys-human-resources-organization/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In our continued conversation around professionalizing your defense startup as you grow, we talk about some of the things to</p>
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		<title>An Interview with Mike Martensen: Intellectual Property in Government Contracts</title>
		<link>https://highstakespartners.com/2021/02/08/an-interview-with-mike-martensen-intellectual-property-in-government-contracts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Jesse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I’ve been involved in creating Intellectual Property (IP) in the US Government contractor space my whole career.  IP is an</p>
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