Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities. With Agile development, used by all startups, updates can occur in weeks or sometimes days, or even hours. In some agencies, large contractors seem to “own” sections, offices, organizations, or programs. America’s adversaries understand this.

Government 310

Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 310

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base. Designing in exploitability early in programs. Capturing market space versus Russia, for instance.

Acquisition 293

Acquisition Technical Review Technology Security 293

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Some of the readings for this week included: CRS Report on Space Force , Summary of the Defense Space Strategy , Space Force’s Capstone Doctrine “Space Power” , State of the Space Industrial Base 2020 , Space as a Warfighting Domain , Russia gears up for electronic warfare in space , Chief of Space Operations Planning Guidance.

Technology 293

Technology United States Iraq Operations 293

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. And we need to do all of this with a finite defense budget, most of which is being spent on legacy systems in 88 major defense acquisition programs.

Technology 345

Technology North Korea Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence 345

Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. An important distinction is that these programs are accelerators.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Silicon Valley Saudi Arabia Lean 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. And we need to do all of this with a finite defense budget, most of which is being spent on legacy systems in 88 major defense acquisition programs.

Technology 123

Technology North Korea Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence 123

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents.

Community 218

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 218