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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

We just completed the seventh week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. China Economic and Security Review Commission, Apr.

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Exclusive: Announcing a Startup that Brings More Efficient Government to the US and Other Countries

David Teten

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally. at $47,568. was ranked #71.

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

Steve Blank

If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.” company setting up some subsidiary here and expecting them to compete while they were following U.S. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. like WeChat.). Competition. I can’t imagine a U.S.

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

Steve Blank

If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.” company setting up some subsidiary here and expecting them to compete while they were following U.S. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. like WeChat.). Competition. I can’t imagine a U.S.

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How to Start a Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Business

Up and Running

What’s a non-emergency medical transportation business? Josh Komenda , CEO of VEYO, suggests that there’s a large population of those who need non-emergency medical transportation, especially for medically frail or elderly people in rural areas. Image via TechCrunch. Many don’t have a driver’s license or access to a vehicle.

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4 Founders & Harvard MBAs on Finding Startup Traction & MBAs-as-Entrepreneurs

View from Seed

Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on. Do you find yourself hiring operators or PMs with that background?

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In Times of Pandemic, In Gates We Trust

Reid Hoffman

But even if he’d had more knowledge about the fundamentals of epidemiology, and if he’d shown more competence in directing the resources he had at his disposal, knowledge and competence alone are no longer enough to effectively combat the spread of pandemics. Its streamlined nature makes it more responsive than most governments.