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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). Fall of the USSR.

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The Air Force Academy Gets Lean

Steve Blank

In 2007, I graduated United States Air Force Academy as a computer engineer and entered the Air Force’s acquisition corps , excited and confident about my ability to bring technology to bear for our airmen. Graduation day with classmate Joseph Helton (right), killed in action in Iraq in 2009.

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The EPA, Climate Change and our Economy

Austin Startup

The photo-op is lined with young men without explaining that it was market forces and technology, not actually EPA regulations, that are ending coal jobs and the promise implied to a future coal-dependent workforce. This picture from the “Energy Independence” signing ceremony yesterday illustrates my concern. That does not sit well with me.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

All of our cards are designed by independent U.S.-based Despite practicing law and building tech startups, there was a big part of me that was unsatisfied in each of those roles. 18 years have passed and lots of things have changed, thus my most important goal these days is to keep up with the technology regarding the internet.

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Giving Tuesday: Five Ways to Engage Your Board

Board Effect

The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members. The founders wanted to remind people that there’s more to the holiday season than commercialization and buying gifts.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. We could design and manufacture the best systems. Newell ran the U.S.

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

Other companies, like Blendoor , have developed technology platforms that automatically strip out some of the “noisiest” parts of resumes. invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a classic example.) Write out ideas on index cards or in shared documents, then review them anonymously. Strengthen the signal. – Daniel Kahneman.