Steve Blank
OCTOBER 23, 2023
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.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
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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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2023
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.
Steve Blank
JUNE 6, 2016
A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . It included things like advertising, marketing analytics, cyber security.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 17, 2009
A security guard was stationed at the door of the Applied Electronics Lab to ensure that only those with proper security clearance could enter. Terman and Stanford had just made a major bet on the cold war, and Stanford ranked sixth among university defense contractors.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 29, 2023
The Uranium Committee In addition to the five NRDC divisions working on conventional weapons, the NRDC took over the moribund standalone Uranium Committee and made it a scientific advisory board reporting directly to Bush. The goal was to understand whether the theory of an atomic weapon could be turned into a practical weapon.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 15, 2015
They gather up all the “brand-name wisdom” in an advisory board, task force, panel, study group, etc. If your gathered advisory board, task force, panel, study group, etc., I’ve seen this scenario play out in almost every large company and government agency trying to grapple with disruption and innovation.
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