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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. In 1962 Wheelon left for a new job as the first director of the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology where he was responsible for development of OXCART , the A-12 Spyplane, and three major satellite reconnaissance systems.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

The Vietnam war was winding down. Even though the bombers we lost over North Vietnam were older versions, called B-52 D-models, many of the systems were the same. Now the Soviets had first hand knowledge of how their air defense systems would work against the nuclear armed B-52G and H models in an operational environment.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

While operating a tutoring business I was able to identify a demand for niche business software. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #18- My parents were both refugees from Vietnam and had to support a family of five. At the time, I was working full-time as a website developer in a corporate environment.