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.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Whether you like it or not, or know it or not, you’re coming of age at just that extraordinary time in human development. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. And some governments learned how to turn radio into a weapon of mass deception. Let me be honest about my bias.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

North Korea. They can do so because most have little legacy organizational baggage, no government overhead, some of the best software talent in the world, cheap manpower costs, no career risk when attempting new unproven feats and ultimately no fear of failure. Yet in the last decade the U.S. We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.

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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.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

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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.

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