Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We just held our seventeenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. So what’s at the core of the problem for national security organizations? Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. that innovated.

Technical Review 332

Technical Review Taiwan Technology Design 332

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives. In 2010 it got worse with an Act in parliament about the Monitoring of Foreigners’ Corporate Acquisitions. This is part 2 of 2 of what I found.

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Finland Naming Russia Government 327

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. Today, private capital is disincented to participate in national security and incentives are aligned to ensure the U.S. Reorganize DoD Research and Engineering. Reorganize DoD Acquisition and Sustainment.

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Ukraine China Taiwan Russia 283

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. We described the theory versus current practice of defense requirements, acquisition and budgeting in Slides 28-32.

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Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We just held our third session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. So, it’s incumbent on us to think about the ramifications of these acquisition decisions. Advancements in these technologies will be driven by consumer demand and the potential for profit- not government directives.

Technology 405

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam 405

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. That will take a long time to settle. In the meantime, we have what we have today. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. We described the theory versus current practice of defense requirements, acquisition and budgeting in Slides 28-32.

Technology 232

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 232

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The National Defense Strategy is the military’s “here’s what we’re going to do,” to implement the executive branch’s National Security Strategy. The DoD must become less averse to risk” is something you’ve rarely heard in the government. Defense Department is worth a read. “ Foster a competitive mindset. on page 10.

Employee 332

Employee Agile Artificial Inteligence China 332

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Team: Panacea.

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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 271

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. Spend some time forming campaigns that include the use of television ads, magazines, the search engine optimization and many others. Securing your online casino.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Software Review United Kingdom Affiliate 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a new course at Stanford’s Engineering School in the Spring of 2016. Join a select cross-disciplinary class that will put you hands-on with the masters of lean innovation to help bring rapid-fire innovative solutions to address threats to our national security. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, CIA, NSA.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley North Korea Agile Lean 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We just held our third session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. So, it’s incumbent on us to think about the ramifications of these acquisition decisions. Advancements in these technologies will be driven by consumer demand and the potential for profit- not government directives.

Technology 134

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam 134

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? This is the ninth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Yes I do.

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IPO Government SEC Venture Capital 28

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. Fast-forward three years and Todd is now Captain Todd Branchflower , teaching electrical engineering at the Air Force Academy. He promised that one day he would fix that.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 258

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.

Silicon Valley 129

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 129

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects after this class. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects.

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Agile Security Audio Video 120

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. Fast-forward three years and Todd is now Captain Todd Branchflower , teaching electrical engineering at the Air Force Academy. He promised that one day he would fix that.

Silicon Valley 152

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 152

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

We never seek any rights to give Amex preferential treatment at the time of a potential acquisition. There is a possibility that Amex may explore acquisitions within the Amex Ventures portfolio, but those discussions will be on market terms similar to those with other potential acquirers.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

For school lunches and food security, and so many surfaces. The customer acquisition costs are going down. If you can reduce your cost per customer acquisition, if you can connect in a way that expands your email database, adds more customers and allows you to connect in new ways, that's setting a platform for the future for you.

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Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2019

Cybersecurity is one of our biggest concerns in the legal industry (the regulations and laws governing client-lawyer confidentiality, for example), and blockchain’s ability to store files across a network of computers is one of the most promising advancements in the field. 9-Search engine optimization. Thanks to Lance J. Robinson ! #5-

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Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence Government Demand 55

Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a new class in Stanford’s School Engineering, where students learn about the nation’s security challenges by working with innovators inside the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community. Most discussion about innovation of defense systems acquisition starts with writing a requirements document.

Lean 120

Lean Silicon Valley Social Media Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Joe had appointments at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), where he was the co-director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and at the Hoover Institute where he was a research fellow. I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution.

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Washington Security Afghanistan Iraq 209

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

We just held our seventh session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. In commercial tech you call that an integrated product team, It’s acquisition with software engineering with UI/UX. AI and The Department of Defense. AI is constantly mentioned as a potential gamechanger for defense.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture 256

Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2021

A week ago I got invited to an “innovation hero” award ceremony at a government agency. Inspired by her own work problem, she talked to her peers and other stakeholders, built multiple minimum viable products, and figured out how to get engineering, policy, legal, security and everyone else in the enterprise to actually approve it.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). They are led by AWS solutions architects and engineers, and feature technical deep dives, live demonstrations, customer examples, and Q&A with AWS experts.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We just held our tenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. She’s currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors , and former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan national security think tank.

Technology 308

Technology China United States Government 308

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

explained: Everything any team does will have an impact on the user experience, from back-end engineers to customer success specialists. They’re usually put in place to help govern the overall approach to customer-centricity and experimentation, setting working practices across teams (e.g., engineering, product, marketing, etc).

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Customer Conversion Dividend Software Review 74

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Team: TrackID.

Southern California 168

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 168

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

After hearing from 20+ guest speakers , including two Secretaries of Defense, Generals, Admirals and Policy makers in our Technology, Innovation and Modern War class – the direction of technology and the future of national security came into sharper focus. By public-private partnerships, not government control.

Technology 279

Technology China Government Artificial Inteligence 279

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Founded in August 1946 in the aftermath of World War II, ONR provided support of research projects at universities when government funding to universities had dried up. How has acquisition has changed?

Technology 208

Technology DC Acquisition Silicon Valley 208

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. The Hacking for Defense class was designed as “fundamental research” to be shared broadly and the results are not subject to restriction for proprietary or national security reasons. This is the End.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 185

Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. In the U.S. cents or 6.25

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. How many future engines of U.S.

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Rich realized that while the Department of Defense DoD spends a lot of money and has lots of requirements and acquisition processes, they don’t work well with a rapid innovation ecosystem. They also seek to identify legal issues, security issues, and support issues. government federal research agencies to turn ideas into products.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2010

The engineering co-founder had created a consumer electronics security product that created an entirely new category. As the revenues grew, engineering continued to pursue sustaining innovations - incremental improvements on its core technologies. There’s nothing harder than making radical changes when the numbers look great.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Acquisition Kansas 269

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

“Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom. LEADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MCAFEE ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S SENTRIGO.

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