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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Steve Blank

Stanford designed Klystrons producing 2½ Megawatts were manufactured by Varian and Litton would power the radar in the BMEWS (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System) built at the height of the cold war.) The university found government contracts profitable as the government reimbursed their overhead charges (their indirect costs.)

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

Steve Blank

When Terman said no, Sylvania, a tube company which built proximity fuse tubes in WWII, won the contract and set up its Electronic Defense Lab (EDL) in Mountain View California in the middle of an orchard. could design and produce, and a good part of it was coming from Silicon Valley. Terman became a consultant to the company.

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I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help You

Steve Blank

My only excuse is that this week I’m doing public service in my role as a California Coastal Commissioner. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Those of you with a reader still have it.) (Something you can appreciate if you’ve read my class text on Customer Development.) Greatest hits here. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning.

Steve Blank

Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

Government Regulations I turned to the class and said, “The rest of you can keep building your company and shipping your product because you don’t need to worry about government regulations. So the first heuristic is: do not assume the startup rules are the same for all vertical markets.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. Meanwhile the U.S. bombers. (The

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The End of Innocence

Steve Blank

The quintessential California couple, they stood out in our crowd as the engineer (in his late 20′s, respected by his peers and the customer) had hair down to his shoulders, sharply contrasting with the military crewcuts of the customers and most of the other contractors.