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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

The class emphasized that winning future conflicts requires more than just adopting new technology and developing new weapon systems. Next, we described the US strategies developed since World War Two to gain and maintain our technological and competitive edge during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Today the U.S.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

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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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Trying to kill one of these to free up money for new weapons development is a major political problem. Slides 10-13).

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Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Adria Richards fired by SendGrid for calling out developers on Twitter | VentureBeat – [link]. 15 Fresh Resources for Developers and Designers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 30 Awesome Free Wood Textures – [link].

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2 – Max Boot

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Trying to kill one of these to free up money for new weapons development is a major political problem. Slides 10-13).

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

North Korea. Each week, teams will use the Mission Model Canvas (a DOD/IC variant of the Business Model Canvas ) to develop a set of initial hypotheses about a solution to the problem and will get out of the building and talk to all Requirement Writers, Buyers (Acquisition project managers) and Users (the tactical folks).

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

Whether you like it or not, or know it or not, you’re coming of age at just that extraordinary time in human development. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. What advice would I have given to those about to enter a world no one had ever experienced?