Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. The problem is they don’t know how to be innovative in peacetime when innovation succumbs to the daily demands of execution. We know how to do this.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

There are demanding clients, bosses who bully, conniving coworkers, and people who play politics. But how do we have faith in our company and in ourselves when demands are coming at us so fast and the future seems so uncertain? I’m not talking about jumping out of airplanes or crossing the border into North Korea.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2019

Adding Eric Schmidt to the Google leadership team to provide experienced supervision — an adult in the room — rounded out the management team at a critical growth stage. Demanding work environments and brilliant CEOs go hand in hand. Extreme demands can be a precursor to bad behaviors. And there can be a dark side.

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