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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to 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. Below is the second of her three-part series. Read part one here.

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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. Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. You can move at exponential speed.

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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).

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Does Your Nonprofit Need an Advisory Board?

Board Effect

The fact that your board is having a discussion about forming an advisory board is a good indication that it’s time to put the issue on your board’s agenda for discussion. You never know what experiences and perspectives your fellow board members will have on a certain topic once you bring it out into the open.

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[Interview] Hitachi Data Systems’ Hu Yoshida On Startups And Storage Virtualization

YoungUpstarts

He also served on the advisory boards of several technology companies and currently sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Data Storage Institute of the Government of Singapore. We took the opportunity ask him to how storage virtualization and its trends would affect technology startups.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

By adopting a tool for the board that can also be used for staff, committees, compliance and other areas, nonprofits maximize their return on investment. A quality solution like BoardEffect has been developed to be user-friendly, supporting the experience of users at all levels of technology comfort.

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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?

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