Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. Companies in the semiconductor ecosystem make chips (the triangle on the left) and sell them to companies and government agencies (on the right). Chip Foundries.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. This has allowed the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) to integrate private capital and commercial technology and use them as a force multiplier to dominate the South China Sea and prepare for a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan), may be diffused across more places, empowering new hubs to develop expertise and innovations. . The long persistence of Moore’s Law has produced ever greater computing and digital storage capacity at ever lower cost. So what does it mean for tech companies (big and small) especially in the US?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

They converted reefs in international waters into airbases, creating unsinkable aircraft carriers that extend the range of their aircraft and are armed with surface to air missiles make it dangerous to approach China’s mainland and Taiwan. ONR is the Navy’s science and technology systems command. What To Do About It?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Cleanvest spotlighted companies from all over the clean energy spectrum, while the rest of the 3 day event exhibited water related technology companies. In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Freshwater is expensive.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 17, 2010

I don’t believe it is surprising to assert that growth in China to date has come independent of any investments in technology made by the government or business. Shop floor automation will develop over time, and point in fact I did see an expansion of CNC equipment in operation from my last visit.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

Today’s modern technology means that the growth potential of SMEs is not limited by the size of the communities around them. Some worry about the costs of exporting. Serving the community by looking beyond it. New suppliers and customers can be found much further afield, and even internationally, literally with the click of a mouse.

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