Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. In class 1 , we learned that national power is the sum of all the resources available to a state to pursue its national objectives and interests. Political Interference.

Technology 307

Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 307

Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

assess intellectual property and regulatory risk before they design and build. identify financing vehicles before you need them. We do this by helping teams rapidly : define clinical utility now, before spending millions of dollars. gather data essential to customer partnerships/collaboration/purchases before doing the science.

Lean 269

Lean SBIR Intellectual Property Customer Development 269

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Our economic and foreign policy officials didn’t notice the four-alarm fire as we first gutted our manufacturing infrastructure and sent it to China (profits are better when you outsource); then passively stood by as our intellectual property was being siphoned off; and had no answer to China’s web of trade deals (China’s Belt and Road).

Technology 392

Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 392

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance. These included; identification of a compelling clinical need, large enough market, intellectual property, regulatory issues, and reimbursement, and whether there was a plausible exit. You can see the entire presentation here.

Incubator 310

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 310