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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth. F-117 Nighthawk - 1st Stealth Ground Attack Plane These changes in American defense policy spooked the Soviets.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. link] The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth | Trada Blog. [.]

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. It’s the first of two posts on the subject, and [.]

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? 11 Arjan’s World » LINKBLOG for August 11, 2009 on 08.11.09 All of your complaints apply equally to just as many freeware programs and many commercial applications (ever worked on a vertical market app? Check out my book Like this post?

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. Martin , on July 23, 2009 at 6:54 am Said: I’m a big Frost fan. Reply Chad Albrecht , on July 23, 2009 at 11:23 am Said: Great post! These technologies which allowed the U.S.