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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Class Organization.

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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

Almost all businesses today, regardless of size or industry, are using offshore development to build and enhance their own software. The most significant advantages of offshore development, such as lower costs, access to a larger pool of qualified development companies, resource management, flexibility, etc.,

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

Both are wakeup calls that victory and deterrence in modern war will be determined by a state’s ability to both use traditional weapons systems and simultaneously rapidly acquire, deploy, and integrate commercial technologies (drones, satellites, targeting software, et al) into operations at every level. The DoD has not done either of these.

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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

No investor will consider an idea that lacks a development strategy. In the post-coronavirus period, the demand for technologies that help businesses compensate for losses will only increase. Today, this company is the largest software developer for the gaming industry, marketing and finance. .” — Mr. Gilfanov explains.

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Estimating App Development: What Small Businesses Need To Know?

YoungUpstarts

Software development companies face lots of different cases, but generally all of them fall into two main categories: – Client has been nursing the idea of his/her mobile app for a long time but it takes months or even years to bring it to the stage of development estimation. Idea vs. real app. How long and how much? Integration.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Students formed teams, got out of the classroom and talked to the stakeholders and developed policy recommendations. Why This Class?

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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.