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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

I love technology. And I’ve watched how, in a blink of an eye, technology went from products used by the very few, to ending up in the pockets of billions, bringing social change and corporate disruption. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. Let me be honest about my bias.

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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. Managing remote and distributed teams requires different skills and it is hard to predict how quickly will be the managers adapting to a remote working reality if out of a sudden entire divisions are asked to work from home as it happened in China.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Through the acquisition of Ratiopharm, which is the second-largest player in the German generics market, Europe’s biggest, Israel’s Teva becomes number one in Europe as its presence in Spain, Italy and France is also boosted. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

Both Sides of the Table

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. A local government official was willing to go and look for our equipment personally, but it would cost money. It globalizes.

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