Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a battle-tested problem-solving methodology that runs at Silicon Valley speed. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies. We just held our first Hacking for Defense Educators Class with 75 attendees.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. Sean Seton-Rogers of PROfounders Capital recently claimed that of the more than 3,500 business plans they had received, his London, U.K.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a battle-tested problem-solving methodology that runs at Silicon Valley speed. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies. We just held our first Hacking for Defense Educators Class with 75 attendees.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

The reason podcasts captured my imagination today, is a podcast I listened to (very meta) by Recode’s Peter Kafka, and Nick Quah, journalist and curator of HotPod. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ).

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

The reason podcasts captured my imagination today, is a podcast I listened to (very meta) by Recode’s Peter Kafka, and Nick Quah, journalist and curator of HotPod. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Dan: My question is related to all this talk that I hear in the Silicon Valley about Internet scale. Trying to figure out how the Silicon Valley… again, my last venture was not built here. of companies should never raise venture capital. Venture capital, it’s a very particular industry.

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

The other end of the spectrum is the curated expert community, such as Mahalo Answers, where the objective is both traffic and quality. I’m not aware of their revenue focused initiatives but it’s not hard to imagine what they are. Market Opportunity.

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