Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. Worse, China will learn from and apply the lessons from Russia’s failures in the Ukraine at an ever increasing pace. Reorganize DoD Acquisition and Sustainment. It is learning and adapting on the fly.

Ukraine 317

Ukraine China Taiwan Russia 317

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? ” Team 3: Acquisition.

Technical Review 377

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 377

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. Why this acquisition? If this acquisition, cited as the largest venture backed exit ever, doesn’t change that view, I’m not sure what will. What in the World?!?

India 107

India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. .

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

Russia 356

Russia North Korea Technology China 356

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

Russia 133

Russia North Korea Technology China 133

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Mearsheimer, “ Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin ” Foreign Affairs , 2014. Weiss, “ New Tools, Old Tricks: Emerging Technologies and Russia’s Global Tool Kit ” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2021. Fall of the USSR. Russian Geopolitics & Foreign Policy.

Technical Review 312

Technical Review North Korea Iran Russia 312