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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 5 – Chris Brose

Steve Blank

China has specifically and explicitly focused on undermining the core assumptions on which the United States has been planning to project military power for 25 to 30 years. China has systematically negated each of our strengths. The assumption was that we would: be able to fight on timelines of our choosing. Lessons Learned.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Steve Blank

China is the only nation that declined in national power and eventually recovered it – though it took half a millennium. The rise of the United States as a national power was incredibly steep, however its trend over the last two decades is not heading in the right direction and is about to intersect with the rise of China.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Team SeaWatch – Maritime Security in the South China Sea. If you can’t see the SeaWatch 2-minute video click here.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Steve Blank

China is the only nation that declined in national power and eventually recovered it – though it took half a millennium. The rise of the United States as a national power was incredibly steep, however its trend over the last two decades is not heading in the right direction and is about to intersect with the rise of China.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.