Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2024

From left, Skydio CEO Adam Bry demonstrates the company’s autonomous systems technology for Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Doug Beck, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, during a visit to the company’s facility in San Mateo, Calif. Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Steve Weinstein 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Joe Felter retired Army Colonel and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. He runs H4X Labs.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In 2007, I graduated United States Air Force Academy as a computer engineer and entered the Air Force’s acquisition corps , excited and confident about my ability to bring technology to bear for our airmen. Graduation day with classmate Joseph Helton (right), killed in action in Iraq in 2009.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

We held a workshop of stakeholders and explored names inspired by a variety of approaches (provenance, roots of our technology, etc). Freeze drying is an incredible technology that leaves fruits nutritionally as intact as when they were ripe. Thus came JVT Media, I added the Media to make it sound all technological and whatnot.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

What we’re trying to prevent is to have teams give the DOD/IC yet another great technology demo. This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. They have plenty of those. That’s a win for everyone.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

What we’re trying to prevent is to have teams give the DOD/IC yet another great technology demo. This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. They have plenty of those. That’s a win for everyone.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members. The founders wanted to remind people that there’s more to the holiday season than commercialization and buying gifts.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

felt that it was the victim of a strategic technological surprise. DARPA was founded in 1958 to ensure that from then on the United States would be the initiator of technological surprises. They realized that commercial applications of technology were often more advanced than those used internally.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. Our Hacking for Diplomacy sponsors at State gave us 15 problems for the students to solve.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Although it has been difficult for various multinational telecom companies to do acquisition in Iraq, this industry has been enormously growing. The world is slowing turning into a global village and the level of telecommunication technology is escalating daily.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The teaching team consisted of: Pete Newell is a retired Army Colonel currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy and CEO of BMNT. Steve Weinstein a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. Our Hacking for Diplomacy sponsors at State gave us 15 problems for the students to solve.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). Map those ideas to the technology that could be used to solve them. —– But first some history… World War II.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2009

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. It’s not something I’ve heard often from those in the technology sphere. Both reminded me why National Service would be a very good idea.) It may not be for you. If you can do that you may find a clearer playing field.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

18 years have passed and lots of things have changed, thus my most important goal these days is to keep up with the technology regarding the internet. After two decades of being a housewife, my husband returned from Iraq disabled, sparking a radical shift in our lifestyle. Thanks to Anita Huisman, Universal Translation Services ! #13-

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

felt that it was the victim of a strategic technological surprise. DARPA was founded in 1958 to ensure that from then on the United States would be the initiator of technological surprises. They realized that commercial applications of technology were often more advanced than those used internally.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military can work together – for access to advanced technology and to learn how to move with agility, speed and urgency. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

He founded eBay to empower individuals through the use of new technology, and has created livelihoods for millions of individuals throughout the world. It could be the little girl in Iraq who grows up to be a scientist that makes the discovery which will one day save an American life. And learn from each other.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) For example, we can cruise offshore of potential adversaries (Iraq and Syria) who can’t get to our carriers. Filed under: Hacking For Defense , Navy , Science and Industrial Policy , Technology. that’s pretty easy.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

What spending 10 days in a remote village in Nepal has taught me about the role of technology in water sustainability and independence The Origin Story At an early age, my parents instilled in us a sense of empathy for the less fortunate and taught us to be mindful custodians of the world and its precious natural resources.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Does its historical advantage in technology innovation expand or contract in the next decade? ” Can you briefly explain what that meant and why you sent me to Iraq? :). The best way to do that was to bring in thinkers and do-ers from America’s technology sector and get them involved in our foreign policy.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In his Oval Office speech on Iraq , President Obama acknowledged his concerns about the economy and declared, “Our most urgent task is to restore our economy and put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work…We must unleash…innovation…and nurture the ideas the spring from our entrepreneurs.”.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Read about their amazing journey from Iraq to Austin and consider their catering services for your next event. Baiti Food helps to support a number of Austin nonprofits, including Austin Tech Alliance, HealthStart Foundation, and Refugee Services of Texas.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Other companies, like Blendoor , have developed technology platforms that automatically strip out some of the “noisiest” parts of resumes. invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a classic example.) Strengthen the signal. Reducing the noise also increases the signal. And honing that signal, Smith explains, requires advance preparation.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Dan Lipinski (D-Il), ranking member on the House Research and Technology Subcommittee, got on an airplane and flew to Stanford to see first-hand the class that would become I-Corps.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

That was luck to spot that technology. And then you can go further back and just say, listen, I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and I came to the UK and London when I was three years old with my family to escape the war and all of that. If you keep rolling, you're more likely to roll the double six. So that was huge for me.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. The teaching team consisted of: Pete Newell is a retired Army Colonel currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy and CEO of BMNT.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

That was luck to spot that technology. And then you can go further back and just say, listen, I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and I came to the UK in London when I was three years old with my family to escape the war and all of that. If you keep rolling, you're more likely to roll the double six. So that was huge for me.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 7, 2009

You don't have to look too far to see a lot of examples of how the absence of domain expertise and integrated decision-making has led to spectacular failures, from Enron to Wall Street's meltdown to the Iraq War. The Puritan Gift ends on a hopeful note about restoring America's leadership in global industry by returning to our Puritan roots.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

And we think it’s normal to be on our phones and to be using technology as much as we do driving through lots of traffic and lots of meetings and lots of busy sort of lifestyle. And it’s a system within the nervous system or a system within the body that is a defense mechanism to protect us from dangerous situations.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. This is what the BSD license was invented for, for example. Each requires the step before it. September 10, 2009 4:37 AM Dale B. Halling said.

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MAY 2, 2016

The team validated several critical hypotheses about technology and acquisition (slide 2), further refined their Minimum Viable Product (slide 3) and really dug into the path of getting a solution acquired and deployed in the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in slides 4 – 9. They mapped how to get a product deployed in JIDA in slide 9.

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

The team validated several critical hypotheses about technology and acquisition (slide 2), further refined their Minimum Viable Product (slide 3) and really dug into the path of getting a solution acquired and deployed in the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in slides 4 – 9. They mapped how to get a product deployed in JIDA in slide 9.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2010

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more. Here is the official summit page and here is the official White House Press Briefing.

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