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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. Finally, venture capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley’s first microwave devices and semiconductor components. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders.

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