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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

The country mobilized its resources and industrial base, raised powerful military forces and projected power – directing it at a defined enemy and the enemy’s industrial base. Although our experience in Vietnam would foreshadow the issues of unconventional warfare the U.S. For example, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor the U.S.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

mobilized scientists in a way no other country had. Its Second Artillery Corps not only controls China’s ICBMs, but also its short range missiles pointed at Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and U.S. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. During World War II, the U.S. Like the U.S.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

mobilized scientists in a way no other country had. Its Second Artillery Corps not only controls China’s ICBMs, but also its short range missiles pointed at Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and U.S. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. During World War II, the U.S. Like the U.S.

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Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

In the early 1970’s, as some of you might remember, our country was in the middle of the Vietnam War—-and the Air Force was happy to have me. My job was to replace failed electronic warfare equipment in fighter planes as they returned from bombing missions over North Vietnam. The answer turned out to be a war. How did this happen?