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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

—————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. What Does WWII Have to Do with Silicon Valley?

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

Steve Blank

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. Fred Terman Sent Us In 1953 the U.S. Yet while the U.S.

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

Based on those results we believe that we can do the same with Diplomacy so working with the State Department’s innovation cell in Silicon Valley we will prototype the Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford this fall. college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). Result: Hell yes.

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

Based on those results we believe that we can do the same with Diplomacy so working with the State Department’s innovation cell in Silicon Valley we will prototype the Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford this fall. college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). Result: Hell yes.

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Thirty-Six Years Later

Steve Blank

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Preparing for Chaos – the Life of a Startup « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Both reminded me why National Service would be a very good idea.) Campbell describes how he tried to instill in his troops the proper combat mentality. Now In Print!

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Posted on March 29, 2009 by steveblank This is post II of how I came to write “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley “ 1974. The Vietnam war was winding down. I was always kind of curious. I was always curious about, and asking about, the big picture.