Afghanistan, Government, Operations and Partner

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. Stay tuned.

Lean

Lean Security Asia SBIR

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the 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. And this idea of user-defined operating picture is with us today. Interesting little problem.

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). Today’s topic was Sourcing, Acquiring and Deploying Technology for Modern War.

Technology

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam

[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

Technical Review

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China

National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. In 2010 Joe was in Afghanistan as the Commander of the Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team.

Washington

Washington Security Afghanistan Iraq

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). Today’s topic was Sourcing, Acquiring and Deploying Technology for Modern War.

Technology

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam

Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners. military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley.

Channel

Channel Japan Bosnia Silicon Valley

Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

government reengineered its approach to building weapons. In 1950, government support of basic science research in U.S. Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. —– But first some history… World War II. In World War II the U.S. Hacking For Defense (H4D).

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Kuwait

Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. There are a bunch of amazing autonomy and robotics startups in Texas, and most of them are working with Guinn Partners in one way or another.

Austin

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles

Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S.

Lean

Lean Kansas Government Afghanistan

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class. Sign up here.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego

Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

But for those who aren't aware, it's a government stimulus program that effectively says for your employees that make under $100,000 a year, the government will cover your payroll expenses, and rent, and utilities, and some ancillary expenses, for the next two and a half, three months. But this is not a standard operating procedure.

Dallas

Dallas Employee Government Social Media

Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" have these stories of kids who are in Taliban-controlled, Afghanistan, and young girls were forbidden from going to school who are using Khan Academy in that way. I don't know. Eric Ries : Why not?

California

California Silicon Valley Framework China

StartUpRoar

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Trending Sources

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

[Review] The Rise Of The New East

National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

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