Steve Blank

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

General Bucky Butow – Director of the Space Portfolio. Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? For commercial tech integration and space, former Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Director Mike Brown and B.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

Justice Department and 20 state Attorneys General brought suit again Microsoft for anticompetitive practices designed to maintain its monopoly in PC operating systems and internet browsers. Have them tell you how they helped other companies in their portfolio succeed, pitfalls to avoid, and the lobbying resources they can bring to bear.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Third, smart companies manage an innovation portfolio where they can pursue potential disruption in a variety of ways.

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Steel In Their Eyes – Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s

Steve Blank

Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). We want to find someone who has a lot of consumer internet product experience as either product manager, founder, VP Product, etc. Then take a year as a product manager in a startup in the firm’s portfolio. People skills. People skills.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. What Do VC’s Do?

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 19: Carmen Medina and Don Burke

Steve Blank

From 2011 to 2015, Carmen was a member of Deloitte Federal Consulting serving as senior advisor and mentor to Deloitte’s flagship innovation program, GovLab, sponsoring research on Bitcoin, Millennials, and the impact of the Internet of Things on government. . It basically means like a senior statesman in country … without portfolio.

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