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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. This article previously appeared in War On The Rocks. There was a time when much of U.S. America’s adversaries understand this.

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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. We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. Here’s why.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif., Most Popular E-mail Newsletter. E-Newsletters.

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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. Today there is a national network of 40 colleges and universities teaching Hacking for Defense. One couldn’t hope for a better set of co-instructors.

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The stoic resilience of Israel’s Tech Ecosystem – Welcome to the Middle East

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One conflict is with Hamas, the terror organization running Gaza, which barraged Israeli communities with over 2,000 rockets over 11 days. On a typical day over the past 11 days we would have zoom calls or meetings, program, design, negotiate etc. The conflict with Hamas. Photo Credit: AFP.

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