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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Security roles : Some ex-Agency people gravitate to roles in security. I discovered that while I know a lot about tradecraft-related security and how to stay alive for the first minutes of an ambush, I know little about building security and computer systems security. At first many start-ups hire a lobbying firm.

Government

Government Advisory Board Salary Sales Cycle

Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

At the Agency , 85% of my time was spent navigating bureaucracy and equities, arguing for resources and permission for operations, and dealing with the bottom rung of employees, all while making decisions with little data or data overload. Due to length, I’ve broken it up into a three-part series. It wasn’t a big jump.

Government

Government CTO Hire Technical Review Advisory Board

Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation

Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. She came to the Gordian Knot Center to discuss our unique approach to national security and innovation, and how our curriculum trains the next generation of innovators. innovation ecosystem to solve national security challenges. Conference.

Security

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. The National Science Foundation, National Security Agency and the Common Mission Project have helped promote the expansion of the methodology worldwide.).

Oakland

Oakland Asia Lean Video

Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

You find early stage employees expecting to work normal hours, to get paid a regular salary, and not asking or expecting equity. It will be fascinating to see if they can lead the cultural change and secure the political support (in a government run by an older generation) to support their vision. Lessons Learned.

Finland

Finland Naming Russia Government

ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Disruptive innovation leads to the creative destruction of businesses that once seemed pre-eminent and secure. In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products.

Private Equity

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property

The Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. At Tekes, government employees (and their hired consultants) – with no equity, no risk or reward, no startup or venture capital experience – try to pick startup winners and losers.

Finland

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Equally of interest is a good number of them end up in the PLA’s GSD 3 rd Department (the equivalent of our National Security Agency. ) Like Silicon Valley, Zhongguancun also has a critical mass of people who are crazy enough to do startups. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

China

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Equally of interest is a good number of them end up in the PLA’s GSD 3 rd Department (the equivalent of our National Security Agency. ) Like Silicon Valley, Zhongguancun also has a critical mass of people who are crazy enough to do startups. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

China

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property

Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

His responsibilities include establishing the partnership frameworks between government, private sector, and academia needed to deliver end-use solutions to national security challenges (cybersecurity, undersea warfare, communications, etc.). He connects the Lab with the defense user community. Listen to my entire chat with Matt.

Channel

Channel Japan Bosnia Silicon Valley

The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The two groups would merge in 1949 as the Armed Forces Security Agency and then become the National Security Agency (NSA) in 1952. Parker became President, and got 50% of the company’s equity for a $20,000 investment (equal to $315K today) and guaranteed a $200,000 line of credit (equal to $3M today).

Minnesota

Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley

Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere Show No. 1: Richard Witten and Kathryn Minshew

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

We didn’t really formalize the relationship in terms of equity and decision-making and ownership… Because we couldn’t come to an agreement, we put off the decision. What we couldn’t (agree to) was how to split founder equity. There were two of us full time on the startup. Two were half time.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur New York Cofounder Equity

How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Award equity to employees equal to the value of their reduced salaries. They worried but began to feel more secure. He or she has 48 hours to grow into it, or you need to find someone else from the ranks to do it. Before layoffs, cut all salaries by 20%. Cut CXO salaries by at least 30%. Try to protect the most vulnerable employees.

South Korea

South Korea Salary Business Model China

How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Pre-Seed Round Paperwork: Smart investors will typically give you minimal paperwork – either a convertible note or a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) or a KISS (Keep It Simple Securities). This pre-seed stage typically takes 6-12 months. Seed Round of Funding.

Cofounder

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics

Teaching Lean Innovation in the Pandemic

Steve Blank

AUGUST 11, 2020

creating programs for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion e. Use security in advance; avoid open entry (Zoom Bombing). We began the summit with five of us sharing our experience of how we dealt with the online challenges of: teaching an existing Lean program i.e. Hacking For Defense. GEM I4 / Black Learners Matter. Student Engagement.

Lean

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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. Another startup is providing a resilient, mesh local area network for secure tactical communications supporting ground units. In the last few years new venture capital and private equity firms have raised money to invest in dual-use startups.

Ukraine

Ukraine China Private Equity Russia

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

For programs written for classic computers, software developers receive bug reports, monitor for security breaches, and send out regular software updates that fix bugs, increase performance and at times add new features. It has uses in threat detection – airport security, banks, and sporting events. AI in National Security.

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China.

Russia

Russia North Korea Technology China

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China.

Russia

Russia North Korea Technology China

National Industrial Policy – Private Capital and The America’s Frontier Fund Steps Up

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The result was that by default, private equity and venture capital were the de facto decision makers of U.S. Not just in “a” technology but in all of those that are critical to both our national and economic security in this century. commercial and military leadership. Unlike the U.S., industrial policy.

China

China Venture Capital Government Artificial Inteligence

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