Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. They’re not the only startup in this fight.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. It’s a great book that every policy maker in government at any level should read.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For its first few decades Silicon Valley was content flying under the radar of Washington politics. Microsoft did not open a Washington office until 1995. The words “startup,” “entrepreneur,” and “innovation” are used fast, loose and furious by both parties in Washington. Fast forward to today. I hope it succeeds.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In a January 22nd op-ed in the Washington Post written with Nicole Lurie , he told us," We are past the if question and squarely facing the how-bad-will-it-be phase of the response." Beth Cameron, Washington Post , 3/13/2020 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley U.S. Trump closed it."

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. So universities have realized that for many students, promising a career in technology and entrepreneurship is key to recruiting high potential students. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Can he attract paying subscribers in competition with the Washington Post ? A good example is the marketing technology sector. If you bill for your technology services on a percentage of ad spend, you are guaranteed to look like an agency that deserves a revenue multiple of 1–2X. There was no thought of enterprise value.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

It will try and draw conclusions about the changes that occurred with globalization, automation and technology. People are angry at the dysfunction in Washington and their belief that the system treats them unfairly — not creating jobs and allowing too much illegal immigration that hurts them. It’s part of history. This is MY blog.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Let’s say you have a great business idea that leverages the power of technology to meet a certain consumer or lifestyle need. These metro areas tend to be anchored by research universities that attract the talent and venture capital needed to develop fresh ideas that involve business and technology. Washington, D.C.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

government has embraced Lean methodologies to reinvigorate its innovation efforts was the focus of the latest episode of my SiriusXM radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere. He offered context for the government’s innovation efforts: The Federal Government plays a critical role in innovation in our country and has throughout our history.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

ProfessorVC celebrated his 50th birthday this past week in his hometown of Washington, DC, with visits to the Capitol Hill and the White House to meet with legislators and White House officials on immigration reform. A few takeaways from the trip: Go Big or Go Home (similar to the venture capital model). Visit Washington!

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A Crowded Space

MARCH 12, 2019

On one hand, I respect that Washington now realizes what Silicon Valley has known for decades: marketplaces and platforms have powerful and influential network effects. I’ve been in the venture capital business for about 8 years now and have only seen an increasing number of startups going after every imaginable industry.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. .

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them. Paying off debt.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. government policy. Emergent Research.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they Tens of thousands visit Austin every year for the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. But we do have great technology developers. In Washington DC you have government & defense.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

In building ESL Perry made a conscious choice to emulate Hewlett Packard (then considered the “gold standard” of a great technology company.) The “customers” in Washington had never seen anything like it. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this?

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

At the most basic level, start-ups need lawyers to help them deal with three groups: The government. Steve Kaplan, attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP , practices in the areas of venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial transactions. She writes from Washington, D.C.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them. Paying off debt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

On occasion we take a look at recent legislation coming out of our Federal government in Washington. Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. Hard to believe, but it is true.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2020

Policymakers in Washington, D.C., Thousands of small businesses are probably gone for good because of the failure of the federal government to act quickly enough. Treasury finally enabled financial technology firms to become lenders. billion venture capital firm in Boulder, Colorado.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Global Competition and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy. Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley. RUN TIME 3 MINUTES 17 SECONDS].

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? ” It’s worth noting that our primary focus was on technologies that aided and improved primary care, which is about half of the U.S. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 23, 2012

The image of the lone, grumpy old man made me think of the supporters of SOPA--old media, entrenched cable companies and Washington bureaucrats who don't know how the internet works. Pro-park, pro jobs, anti-people stealing using technology. The talk brought up these words, which I had heard before, and gave me a new context for them.

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

.  The non-profit Security Innovation Network , on whose board of directors I now serve, is taking this message to Washington on June 25th. Aquisition & Technology   Dave Robbins. Allegis Capital. professionals, and venture capitalists are inextricably linked together.   Dr. James Finley.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. And listen up Washington - 83 percent of them plan to hire in the coming year. And Government Just Gets in the Way.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2009

It reminded me about the adage, “when you’re up to your neck in alligators, the last thing you remember is that you were supposed to drain the swamp.&# Memo to Washington – weren’t we were to be the country innovating here? As part of this spin out I’d make sure the Government also supports the nascent U.S.

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aweissman.com

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Much ado is all I see And feel like it's surrounding me The crowd intrudes all day 'Til I'm finally swept away A few weeks ago I had the extreme privilege of going to a meeting in Washington, D.C. This the building that houses the offices of the executive branch of the United States government. Which brings me to the blockchain.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 4, 2009

I’ve been to Washington, D.C. speak with legislators and government agency representatives about the need for. and Technologies Conference for Homeland Security (CATCH) , delivering the. and Technologies Conference for Homeland Security (CATCH) , delivering the. capital to fund future innovation.  It is also.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

billion market capitalization. If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 9, 2011

and invited anyone with constructive, practical ideas on how to revitalize IPO’s in the United States to contact me so that I could pass along their ideas to my colleagues at the National Venture Capital Association. venture capitalists. venture capitalists.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 25, 2009

Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley.

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