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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Security roles : Some ex-Agency people gravitate to roles in security. I discovered that while I know a lot about tradecraft-related security and how to stay alive for the first minutes of an ambush, I know little about building security and computer systems security. At first many start-ups hire a lobbying firm.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

We just completed the fourth week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute. . Oppenheimer , Dec.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need an Advisory Board?

Board Effect

The fact that your board is having a discussion about forming an advisory board is a good indication that it’s time to put the issue on your board’s agenda for discussion. You never know what experiences and perspectives your fellow board members will have on a certain topic once you bring it out into the open.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Today, I get to move our national security mission in emerging technologies farther and faster in ways that I could not in government. It’s the excitement of being a beginner again, but one with deep and profound experiences, which blunts the downs and enhances the ups that you will face post-Agency.

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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

An efficient way to facilitate this type of two-way communication is to organize customer sessions or quarterly CAB (customer advisory boards) that consist of a representative sample of an existing customer base. Implementing this company-wide ensures that all teams and stakeholders hear about the challenges that need to be tackled.

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How to build a startup advisory board

NZ Entrepreneur

Here’s how to build a startup advisory board. Call them what you will, any mentors or advisors you can secure for your business can help you in many more ways than just answering your questions about business. Selecting an advisory board is the tricky part. A great advisory board should be… Experienced.

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[Interview] Hitachi Data Systems’ Hu Yoshida On Startups And Storage Virtualization

YoungUpstarts

He also served on the advisory boards of several technology companies and currently sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Data Storage Institute of the Government of Singapore. What about data security? A lot of places really don’t secure their data and it’s a very real problem today.