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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Team Silknet – Detecting Ground Base Threats. Origins Of Hacking For Defense.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. If you can’t see the SeaWatch 2-minute video click here. He runs H4X Labs.

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Machine Learning Meets the Lean Startup

Steve Blank

Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. For example, according to CBInsights nearly 140 machine intelligence have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 being bought so far in 2016. Each of those had a set of common characteristics that the Gartner Group characterizes as the Hype Cycle.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government as well as the larger issues civil society was grappling with. If you can’t see the EmbargoNK 2-minute video click here. Origins of Hacking For Defense.

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Machine Learning Meets the Lean Startup

Steve Blank

Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. For example, according to CBInsights nearly 140 machine intelligence have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 being bought so far in 2016. Each of those had a set of common characteristics that the Gartner Group characterizes as the Hype Cycle.

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E Pluribus Unum – A Rallying Cry for National Service

Steve Blank

Pete Newell, Joe Felter and I met over coffee in 2016 to discuss our common goal – how to get students in research universities who would never consider working on national security problems engaged in keeping the country safe and secure. Here’s what we’ve done to get started. And why I did it. ————-.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government as well as the larger issues civil society was grappling with. The class is now taught in 81 universities and has trained over 1500 science teams.