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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities. With Agile development, used by all startups, updates can occur in weeks or sometimes days, or even hours. This article previously appeared in War On The Rocks.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Steve Blank

Five years ago, Joe Felter , Pete Newell and I realized that few of our students considered careers in the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community. This was our first step in fostering a more agile, responsive and resilient, approach to national security in the 21st century. Fast forward to today.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. “…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. ”. The Red Queen Alice in Wonderland.

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