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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was the China I grew up with – the one where private enterprise was a crime and marketing wasn’t a profession. Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. bases in Guam and Okinawa. Lessons Learned. Like the U.S.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was the China I grew up with – the one where private enterprise was a crime and marketing wasn’t a profession. Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. bases in Guam and Okinawa. Lessons Learned. Like the U.S.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. Meanwhile the U.S.