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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

And in hindsight, we seemed a bit more agile and innovative in WWII.) Yet decades later the military lacked the agility to write a spec in two years, let alone get 10′s of thousands of new systems deployed on aircraft as Terman had done. How was this possible? Is there anything more to be added to his memoir?

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. A much more detailed collection of recommendations I’d written for the Government of Belgium a little while back. You’ll see three consistent patterns in the thinking expressed below. A quick best practice.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

The Entrepreneur Week European kickoff was originally slated to be held in Belgium, but Whitehill was “intrigued that something so unstable [could present] the right time, right place and right opportunity to make entrepreneurship a pillar of solving the problem.”. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Remember, they can’t eat you. Proactiveness.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

The Entrepreneur Week European kickoff was originally slated to be held in Belgium, but Whitehill was “intrigued that something so unstable [could present] the right time, right place and right opportunity to make entrepreneurship a pillar of solving the problem.” Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Remember, they can’t eat you. Proactiveness.