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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first US technological research university, established
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First R&D lab started in Menlo Park by Thomas Edison
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National Institutes of Health founded
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First moving assembly line created by Henry Ford for mass production of automobiles
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Bell Laboratories founded as a subsidiary of AT&T
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the first US National Laboratory, founded
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Applied Physics Laboratory, the oldest UARC and first laboratory devoted to advanced technologies for World War II, established
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Science, the Endless Frontier written by Vannevar Bush
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The first modern VC firm, American Research and Development Corporation, established by MIT president Karl Compton
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RAND Corporation, the first FFRDC, established
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National Science Foundation established
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Fairchild Semiconductor, the first venture-backed startup, founded
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DARPA founded
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Limited partnerships, the structure used by venture capital firms today, first emerged with Draper, Gaither, & Anderson (DGA)
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ARPANET, the first public packet switched computer network, established
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The "birthday" of the internet - Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) adopted by ARPANET
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Army Research Laboratory established
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YCombinator, the first seed accelerator, started
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"Focused Research Organization" concept proposed by Sam Rodriques