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Pentagon Advisory Boards Need to Offer 10X Ideas, Not 10% Ones – P.S. You’re Fired

Steve Blank

Update : After this article was written the Secretary of Defense fired every member of all 40+ defense advisory boards and will start anew. Hopefully the suggestions in this post will help inform how they reconstitute the boards.). But the review needs to go much further than that. What’s an Advisory Board?

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. Due to length, I’ve broken it up into a three-part series.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

We just completed the fourth week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (America’s influence and footprint on the world stage). 7, 2017.

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5 Reasons To Enlist Outside Advisors For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some key reasons why I believe every entrepreneur should create a formal Advisory Board or Board of Directors before they ask for funding, or even build their business plan: We all need a bit of reality to balance our passion. Board members provide inexpensive expertise. What you learn will apply to employees.

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What Are the Benefits of Advisory Boards for Startups?

Board Effect

Your founders and board members won’t always have the necessary expertise you need in every area to be competitive and sustainable. An advisory board can be of great assistance to your startup by filling crucial gaps in your leadership talent. Let’s begin with the definition of the role of a startup advisory board member.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is. A nonprofit?

America 60
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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is. A nonprofit?

America 60