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

Steve Blank

And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. ” Team 2: Networks. Beyond the classroom, the course plunges students into getting “out of the building” to iterate quickly while translating learnings to the real world.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 1/ Social Network Interference.

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7 Ways Startups Get Tagged as Too Risky by Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). MyHeritage – Family tree based social network (Raised $49M).

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

Steve Blank

They’re not the only startup in this fight. An entire wave of new startups and scaleups are providing satellite imagery and analysis, satellite communications, and unmanned aerial vehicles supporting the struggle. Other startups are providing portable cell towers – “backpackable” and fixed. In the U.S.,

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