Steve Blank

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Without a clear explanation of why this had been done, startups, which were already being funded by ever-increasing pools of venture capital, abandoned cooperation with the Defense Department and focused on high returns on social media and commercial applications.

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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

So when I heard Kathryn gave the University of Chicago commencement speech I suggested that she reach out to a larger audience and share her decades of experience. Here’s the speech: 2014 University of Chicago Commencement speech ‘Your Great Adventure’. Her response? So they call you a “dragon lady”; so what?!

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National Industrial Policy – Private Capital and The America’s Frontier Fund Steps Up

Steve Blank

Driven by economic theory from the Chicago School of Economics, its premise is that free markets best allocate resources in an economy and that minimal, or even no, government intervention is best for economic prosperity. Tai Ming Cheung’s book is the best description of the system.). has nothing comparable. economy was left to “the market.”

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