Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Winning the Wars We Knew Joe Felter, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, started the class showing excerpts from General MacArthur’s famous Duty, Honor, Country speech given to the Corps of Cadets at West Point in May 1962. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government as well as the larger issues civil society was grappling with.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

Canadian government provides numerous grants to new and small businesses (including grants that don’t have to be paid back). Asia is a Leading Innovation Force. Over the past few years, the number of entrepreneurs launching or moving their startups up north is rising, making Canada a new startup Mecca. And, there’s a reason for that.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy joining us, we also assigned her recent article in Foreign Affairs, “How to Prevent a War in Asia” and CNAS report “Sharpening the US Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Generation”. And in particular in the Asia Pacific. What can we give back?

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Joe Felter was just appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. At various points his Special Forces career took him to countries in Southeast Asia where counterinsurgency was not just academics.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

He also shared his perspective on M&A (including Uber’s recent acquisitions of Postmates and Drizly), autonomous vehicles, the complexities of working in highly regulated industries, and how his personal and professional background shaped the way he approaches leadership today. RH: The honor is ours. This is awesome.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Joe is the incoming Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. of Management Science and Engineering.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. The average deal size in 2009 was $40 million, an increase of 21 percent from $33 million in 2008.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Asia. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Asia/Pacific. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » Subscribe. América Latina. Deutschland.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. The CLTV is the net present value of the recurring profit streams of a given customer less the acquisition cost. Cashflow is the other key metric. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #2.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter (who was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia) began the lesson providing background and context for understanding – What happened? The NDS provided an outline of what we need to do (called Lines of Effort) to transform our military. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2011

Getting her start by taking over the position of vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump organization is most likely a result of being “born into privilege,&# but Trump has also said “I think from there on though, you really do have to make your luck.&# Ally Hilfiger.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter (who was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia) began the lesson providing background and context for understanding – What happened? The NDS provided an outline of what we need to do (called Lines of Effort) to transform our military. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Russia’s Pivot to Asia & the Chinese-Russian Relationship. Chris Miller, “ Will Russia’s Pivot to Asia Last ?” Stephen Blank & Edward Levitzky, “ Geostrategic Aims of the Russian Arms Trade in East Asia and the Middle East ” Defence Studies , 2015.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

If you become their primary customer acquisition channel, you can now use your influence with the front door of the healthcare system to create a more democratized marketplace for the rest of the healthcare. I think that another one was really kind of partnering with local governments on this part and trying to help them.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Amos Spacecom.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In mid-March, as the coronavirus was sweeping through Asia and Europe, Tomas Pueyo published a piece on Medium titled "The Hammer and the Dance: What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like if Leaders Buy Us Time." They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators."

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