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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

We just had our third week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage). Russian Technology Strategy.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Prices down. Network Up.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. GEO-locating is the juncture that makes technology connections “real”. So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya.

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Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks

management.fortune.cnn.com

What really matters is that you know yourself; that you have a sense of when to dial it up and cool things down, and to ask for help when the situation demands. Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. GM CEO Dan Akerson discusses how the technology behind the Chevy Volt is driving innovation at the automaker.

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Obama Engages Muslim World With Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship and Development

Campus Entrepreneurship

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more. Obama Hosts Global Summit on Entrepreneurship – FoxSmallBusinessCenter.com. Here is the official summit page and here is the official White House Press Briefing.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

These standards allowed global collaboration and expanded the boundaries of trade. Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production.