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Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

military can work together – for access to advanced technology and to learn how to move with agility, speed and urgency. military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. He was named by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in the defense industry in 2012.

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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. In 2012, Rep.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. It was adopted by the National Science Foundation in 2012 to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Worth your time to watch.

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Surprising Surge In Attack Traffic From Indonesia This Year: Akamai

YoungUpstarts

in Oman to 122% in Iraq. During the same period, average connection speeds on surveyed mobile network operators ranged from a high of 8.6 During the same period, average connection speeds on surveyed mobile network operators ranged from a high of 8.6 Global average peak connection speeds increased 9.2% 1 spot at 63.6

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

defense and consumer electronics industries will be set back at least five years — and because China has its own advanced chip foundries, it could become the world leader in technology for the next decade or more. In 2012, a bipartisan committee of the U.S. Without them, the U.S. Here’s why. And how they may do it. Background.

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