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

Steve Blank

We just held our seventeenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. Yet the development of these advanced technologies is now being driven by commercial interests, not the Defense Department. Some of the speed is simply due to development methodologies.

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The ‘’Wirecard effect’’ on the European Fintech Ecosystem

Transformify

For more than a year, Wirecard, one of the biggest European fintech companies, has been under fire due to allegations of fraud and ‘’creative accounting’’ Not for the first time, though. From an investor’s point of view, the acquisition of Hermes iTickets in 2015 is a clear red flag. Roundtripping.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

Gilt Groupe from France and Xing from Germany are good examples. They simply need the diligence and work ethic to learn and to implement. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. Chicago has even produced one of the most talked about companies in recent times: Groupon. Discuss.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Besides the natural fit with eBay, he wanted the buyer to feel good following the acquisition and certainly the investors in StubHub were happy. Prior to founding the brewery, Dan spent five years studying beer in Germany and not the way most college students partake in this particular study. How Much Diligence is Due.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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Predictions for Casino Technology in 2017 and Beyond

The Startup Magazine

And, if current technological trends and advances are anything to go by, there’s still a lot of potential for online gaming yet! There could be attempts at competitor buyouts, similar to the ongoing Amaya acquisition saga. Germany too looks set to become an online gaming powerhouse. The Rise of New Markets.