it's basically the vc as we call them. i just call them the vc the rest of the time. and they build this vc, the communists very good at organizing things. they organize the vc as kind of a three-tiered force. you have the main force. these are guerrillas that have become stage three. they're basically designed -- they're conventional units. maybe not as heavily armed, but they're conventional units designed to fight the south vietnamese army. you have regional forces, guerrillas who work full time and assigned regions in the south. and then you also have this local vc militia in the areas they control that the south -- that the communists control in you have regional forces in assigned regions in the south and kind of this local vc militia and the areas they control. that this south, excuse me, the congress control in south vietnam. now, hanoi makes sure that it keeps a very tight control on this organization. and what is going on in the south. in 1961, they establish something called the central office of south vietnam. and this is set up in cambodia. and they do thi

most of the attackers are vc. 2500 people. and there's several thousand others that will go missing. and this has an interesting effect on morale. it encourages the south to fight harder. in may of 1968, you'll see a new phase of communist attack. and there are other attacks in august. the final phase of tet is in mid-february of 1968, this lasts for three weeks. and all of this is extremely bloody for the north. and for the communist forces here. tactically and operationally, tet is an abject failure. the north suffers enormous casualties. you see it on the slide here. the vc is just decimated by this. and they're no longer able to in south vietnam, strategically, it's a great success because in some ways it shatters american morale and certainly undermines it. they had no idea it would have that effect. the political effect in the united states that it did. but they get a good benefit out of it. after that, after this giap wins the strategy war again. he says no go back to phase ii. phase iii is too bloody. in september of 19

i always thought they were so the vc could get away. t we stopped, waiting for somebody to catch up. and the radios crackled, we were ordered off the main trail and up a hill. if there's a hill, the marines are going to climb it. we're 60, 70 meters away on the top this hill and everybody's smoking and joking and breaking out their c-rats and cooling out. i hear a marine say, who the hell is that and where the hell does he think he's going? we all careen our necks. already out in this paddy trying to catch up is george esper. he's now the point man on this whole operation and headed deep into enemy country by himself. and we all start screaming and whistling and shouting and george got his head down and heading right on out. disappears into the tree line. the marine captain says holy christ, mounts up the first platoon, they're saddling up, getting their gear. he says, go out there and get the body. about that time there's a disturbance on the other side and back out of the tree line comes george in a mighty leap looking over his shoulde

the last survey said there is onlen who are of women who are e vc investing world. >> cheryl: the topicel and your guests? >> trail blazing women driving innovation. we have three wonderful panelists, nancy floyd who is a partner with a company that invests in alternative energy. and two others, also cloud and digital media technology. >> what kind of questions. you have a rich background. >> we had a discussion about that. first of all. one of the first questions what is the difference between venture capital and private equity. a lot of people don't know the difference. how do women play a different role in venture capital than men? it generated a lot of interesting questions but debate between the women and three parts to investing. it's raising money, finding companies and investing in them and managing their portfolio. what role do women play in each of those stages and how does it differ for men. the greatest question is, how do women provide an advantage, being women in this field. >> what do you say? >> they pondered that. women are really good is collaboration a, empathy and wo

the university of san francisco's vc index report rose to 3.79 breaking three straight quarters of declinesbrian. >> mandy, thanks. one of the president's top economic advisors out with a plan to combat a so-called middle class jobs deficit. what is it? how will it work? let's find out. go now to steve liesman who has a very special guest first on cnbc. steve. >> yes. thanks very much, brian. i'm here with alan krueger, who is the chairman of the president's economic council of advisors. before you got into government work a noted labor economist from princeton university among other things. let's answer brian's question because if you don't he gets angry. what is the middle class jobs deficit and how can you fix it? >> the middle class jobs deficit, steve, is a problem that's been brewing in the economy for quite some time. we've not been creating enough middle class jobs. the job market has become more polarized. more jobs at the top, more at the bottom. and the middle has been shrinking. and the deep economic crisis that started in 2008 has made that problem even worse. >> so when you sa

the landscape changed. there have been a lot of companies and vc's, founders, that are focused on very few investments in companies but are in it for the long run. the time and invested it takes to build a clean tech company. the difference with clean tech, there might be large facilities required, investment to build your first plant, for instance. we are seeing a change in the landscape. one thing i want to add, too, for clean tech, there are organizations like the clean tech opened that foster innovation and identify and help on to produce with that system, present their idea, put together their business plan, attract the mentors and advisers to help them build their technology. the incubators are contributing to a maturing clean tech and biotech sector -- sector. >> just a short comment. we focus in this building, a research center, on technology. some of it is near term, some of it is very long term. i am glad to hear what we suggest said. i worry personally that we do not see as many long term investments as we used to. >> how do you define a long-term investment? >> good question. so, i think the question i

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow. ere at the department of building inspection where we talk about topics related to construction in san francisco. we invite you to join us on the third thursday of every month here at the building department. we have an exciting lineup of shows this year. and one of them, today, is going to be really exciting because we have a terrific guest today. mr. woody labounty. >> thank you. >> woody is the founder of the outside lands? >> the western neighborhoods project. we'll talk more about that. >> excellent. and the author of a recently published book, which i have a copy of and it's really fascinating and wonderful. he's going to talk about "carville by the sea" today. we'll look at slides. he'll tell us about the history of the outerlands, previously uninhabitable area of the city. we will invite your questions. so, please, you in the audience if you have questions, let us know. woody can help. thank you, woody, for being here. >> thank you. so we're going to talk a little bit about car

instagram is the photo-sharing platform that is mobile native, and these guys went from zero to 30 million users in 18 months. so, if you're facebook, you'd better pay attention. >> so i mean, you're a vcanswer's going to be. do you think, therefore, that we're chasing silver bullets in technology now that will be so disruptive, potentially, that the outcome is almost binary almost immediately? is that the degree of acceleration that we've gone? >> so, you anticipated my answer. i think, yes. i think what's incredible about this cycle is the rate and pace at which companies are emerging. you look back, what time in history have you seen companies like a groupon generate, you know, $500 million to $1 billion of revenue inside of five years? and instagram, add up 30 million users inside of, you know, two years. >> right. go ahead, simon. >> but are you also saying that the big companies cannot generate these solutions? why cannot facebook generate these sorts of solutions, or indeed, google, within the apparatus they have at the moment? or are we talking as google creates class c shares, of course, to do who knows what in the future for acquisitions. are you saying, inevitably, this beco

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