Steve Blank

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were great inventors, but lousy champions. How might the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

Class 3: Our guest speaker for session 3 was Anja Manuel , former State Department official, founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel and author of This Brave New World : India, China and the United States. If you can’t see the slides click here. Raj had a front row seat in this revolution: .

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The Air Force Academy Gets Lean

Steve Blank

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. Here’s Todd’s story of how we got there and progress to date. ——-. Not That Long Ago.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Today, if you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools, and hospitals named after the founder of GM? Known as the “Inventor of the Modern Corporation,” Sloan was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956 when the U.S. There’s the Alfred P.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. Outside the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Steve Blank

Class 3: Our guest speaker for session 3 was Anja Manuel , former State Department official, founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel and author of This Brave New World : India, China and the United States. If you can’t see the slides click here. Raj had a front row seat in this revolution: .

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Not their own name, or any other identifying information. candidate in the Department of Economics and Department of Management Science & Engineering who is on the team tackling how to better evaluate peacekeeping forces funded by the United States, said he signed up for Hacking for Diplomacy to “push the envelope” on his learning.