Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some of the best and brightest wanted to work for defense contractors or corporate research and development labs. Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

Government 310

Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 310

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. How much is he the system of government versus the product of a system? North Korea/Iran/Non-Nation States. North Korea has robust and expanding nuclear weapons program with 10-40 nuclear weapons. Slides 20-22.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review North Korea Iran Russia 281

Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

How do you drop those on North Korea? . Blinken : We found that defectors getting out of North Korea have much greater access than we thought to technology, much of it coming in from China. Then the question is, will their governments allow them to use it and if not, are there workarounds? .

North Korea 132

North Korea SEC Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 132

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In response we developed the Hacking for Defense class where students could learn about the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges while working with innovators inside the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community to solve real national security problems.

Artificial Inteligence 370

Artificial Inteligence Technology North Korea Iran 370

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Beyond these encouraging developments with our former Cold War rivals the US assumed a position of unparalleled military dominance.

Russia 331

Russia North Korea Technology China 331

The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2018

No democratic government will ever ban technology. By their nature, governments must protect innovation. In the long run, a healthy strategy for a government is to encourage innovation, including the use of cryptocurrency. It is a minor example, but it is important for both governments and companies.

Government 60

Government North Korea China Technology 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Beyond these encouraging developments with our former Cold War rivals the US assumed a position of unparalleled military dominance.

Russia 126

Russia North Korea Technology China 126