Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. As we pointed out in previous class sessions, in the 20th century, requirements were known years ahead of time and the DoD built incrementally better versions of the same platforms. centric rules for war were built around known adversaries and technologies.

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deal architect

MARCH 2, 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently wrote in Foreign Policy magazine “As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tom Bedecarré , the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Jeff Decker , a Stanford researcher focusing on dual-use research. Jeff served in the U.S.

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deal architect

AUGUST 15, 2012

Mobile Payments in Afghanistan Amazon’s continued logistical excellence Comic-Con: Nerd-Fest. on the innovation blog CNN’s Chief Innovation Correspondent 5 Geek Family Trips Citi at 200 Theme Parks – a global growth industry The Ultimate Repair Shop Serious?

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

He is husband, father, former Army captain who served in Afghanistan. Then I talk about how I carried that through life in a lot of different ways in the book, but probably one of the more fun stories there is a story I tell … fun now, in retrospect, a story I tell about when I was in Afghanistan.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2017

In exchange our government sponsors benefit from 1) access to talent that most likely would never have served the country, 2) getting solutions as minimum viable products/prototypes in 10 weeks, 3) exposure to a problem solving methodology used in Silicon Valley and battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 20, 2023

He was literally coming to us live from his command center in Iraq or Afghanistan when he was running the whole theater of war over there. Years ago, I heard then General David Petraeus give a talk to a small group of us about leadership.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Apple iTablet has been shipped to our troops in Afghanistan and is being dropped by warplanes. Ingredients of The Apple iTablet include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space. Do not taunt The Apple iTablet. The Apple iTablet comes with a lifetime warranty.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2017

In exchange our government sponsors benefit from 1) access to talent that most likely would never have served the country, 2) getting solutions as minimum viable products/prototypes in 10 weeks, 3) exposure to a problem solving methodology used in Silicon Valley and battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2011

Kids from eight countries, including Cambodia, Eastern DR Congo, and Afghanistan, have participated in Dot-to-Dot projects. Dot-to-Dot relies entirely on earned income and employs a unique cause-related marketing strategy designed to establish a successful position in the competitive children’s lit market.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tom Bedecarré the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Jeff Decker a Stanford social science researcher. Jeff served in the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

By now, many would know that China is expanding aggressively to West Asian and North African countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

It documents his career in the Obama administration working under Richard Hoolbrook on diplomacy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and under Secretary Clinton in the State Department. He outlines the decline of diplomacy in favor of military-to-military solutions to global problems and the consequences that arise.

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Transformify

MARCH 3, 2022

First, it was the refugee crisis in Afghanistan when hundreds of thousands of people fled Afghanistan in fear of the Taliban regime. Back in 2016, when Transformify developed Rebuild Lives, we sincerely hoped that humanity would never face a devastating refugee crisis again. Yet, reality proved us wrong more than once.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members. The founders wanted to remind people that there’s more to the holiday season than commercialization and buying gifts.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

The unintended consequence of this decoupling is seemingly perpetual wars (we’ve been in Afghanistan for two decades). Many American families no longer have a personal vested interest in our nation’s decisions about foreign policy.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

What I experienced in Afghanistan really stayed with me, and one of the things that I noted was that meat prices have been steadily climbing since about 2000. J: One that sticks out for me was from my time in Afghanistan. For me, this is why I decided to dedicate my professional energy to this enterprise.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The first time you use it in Afghanistan you realize you never trained it against data that had women wearing full-length black burkas, it didn’t know what those were. The other thing about AI is that you train it against one set of data that will reflect, to some extent, the real world. Interesting little problem.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. As we pointed out in previous class sessions, in the 20th century, requirements were known years ahead of time and the DoD built incrementally better versions of the same platforms. centric rules for war were built around known adversaries and technologies.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Some countries around the globe aren’t in such a fortunate position: Afghanistan, for example, has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, with only 28.1 Instead, it’s taken as a fact; 96.6 percent of men and 88.6 percent of women are literate, according to the millennial census – though this data is of course nearly 15 years old.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a former Marine, Matt had 3 combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matt Pottinger , was a former Deputy National Security Advisor and former National Security Council Senior Director for Asia. Prior to joining the Marine Corps, Matt was a reporter in China, first at Reuters, then at the Wall Street Journal.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. When the sponsors asked their team, “Can we use your slides to present to our organization?”) That’s a win for everyone.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. When the sponsors asked their team, “Can we use your slides to present to our organization?”) That’s a win for everyone.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

In 2010 Joe was in Afghanistan as the Commander of the Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team. In 2005, he returned to West Point (where he earned his undergrad degree) and ran the Combating Terrorism Center. My interest was to get Stanford students engaged in national service and exposed to parts of the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

I recently learned about the career of General Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general that led DoD agencies during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq when attempted cyber-attacks against the U.S. #3- General Keith Alexander. Photo Credit: Renee Volpini. were on the rise.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

There was no AR or autonomous back when he was in Afghanistan, but there was a need for location data and a better mapping platform. Both share an exceptional way of dreaming and executing. I remember Eric showing me the maps from his time with the World Bank and UN.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. The answers to all of these questions are yes, yes, yes and yes.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2015

A former naval intelligence officer in the reserves, Tim was recalled to active duty and deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2009 where he served as the lead economic development officer in NATO’s Regional Command-South. He also held various strategic alliances and corporate development roles at Oracle Corporation.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

For example, we tell the story of Cedric King, who experienced major internal injuries, permanent loss to part of his right arm and hand, and the amputation of both legs in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device explosion tore through his body in 2012.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. . — Or, click on the links to hear Pete discuss: — — — — John Kuhn served 20 years in U.S. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. The answers to all of these questions are yes, yes, yes and yes.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 21, 2020

I was a marine three-star in Afghanistan. And try to keep the peace for one more year, one more month, one more week. What do you think the future of warfare looks like? I got a phone call one day. The Secretary General of NATO called me. He said, I’ve been approved by your president to call you.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Khalil Tawil is a graduate of West Point and a veteran of three deployments to Afghanistan. Umi can also dynamically control its offerings based on local demand. Last, but definitely not least, we continue to be impressed by Umi’s founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

His background mirrored the most talented political leader that I know today, Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2010

We, by contrast, intend to fix Afghanistan. The Beijing leadership clearly understands that the E.T. Energy Technology — revolution is both a necessity and an opportunity, and they do not intend to miss it. Have a nice day. via www.nytimes.com. I still want to know where all the Green jobs are.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

From the perspective of some China policymakers, America is exhausted from endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and will not fight again. In the 21 st century the U.S. has blinked even when its own interests were at stake.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 30, 2013

In particular, the segment detailing the lives of most girls in Afghanistan left me crying. While this description seems and is uplifting, some of the struggles of the girls profiled seemed unbearable. So, please take a moment to understand how lucky you are. Lucky that you are even able to run a company and control your destiny.

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