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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

Joe had appointments at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), where he was the co-director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and at the Hoover Institute where he was a research fellow. I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution.

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The Innovation Insurgency Gets Educated: Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy, Development, …

Steve Blank

government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed and urgency to their stakeholders. In exchange our government sponsors benefit from access to talent that most likely would never have served the country. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

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The Innovation Insurgency Gets Educated: Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy, Development, …

Steve Blank

government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed and urgency to their stakeholders. In exchange our government sponsors benefit from access to talent that most likely would never have served the country. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

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How to Open a Marijuana Dispensary

Up and Running

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. There is a map online that shows all the San Diego county compliant properties.”.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Note: The Hacking for Defense class was designed as “fundamental research” to be shared broadly and the results are not subject to restriction for proprietary or national security reasons.

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

Steve Blank

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.

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

Steve Blank

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.