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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 2

Steve Blank

We just had our second week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage).

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

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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. laws, The report recommended that no government or contractor systems include Huawei systems. Without them, the U.S.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. He launched his first startup to bring the first cell phone technology onto the battlefield in Afghanistan. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

In building ESL Perry made a conscious choice to emulate Hewlett Packard (then considered the “gold standard” of a great technology company.) The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this? In response the U.S.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

But for those who aren't aware, it's a government stimulus program that effectively says for your employees that make under $100,000 a year, the government will cover your payroll expenses, and rent, and utilities, and some ancillary expenses, for the next two and a half, three months. Now you can't apply until Friday.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

have these stories of kids who are in Taliban-controlled, Afghanistan, and young girls were forbidden from going to school who are using Khan Academy in that way. We need to wait for the government to fix it." If you're in the technology business, that's like sacred ground. But my original background was in technology.