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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. Bigger jets, bigger engines, bigger ships, as opposed to the small changes that can make an enormous difference. Taiwan announces its intention to comply with the U.S.

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2023 Global Venture Reports were Gloomy, but there are reasons to be optimistic

VC Cafe

Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8 For example, Tiger Global, a crossover fund which was one of the most active venture investors in 2021 went from 194 deals in 2021 to a mere 20 in 2023 and has been trying to actively sell its positions in the secondary market at steep discounts to get liquidity.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. At a company level, global supply chains made it possible to source and build products faster and cheaper with a “just in time” model. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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

Steve Blank

Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? Final Problem Statement: How can we create an open, free Internet and maintain effective lines of communication in Taiwan in preparation for a potential invasion?

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

Steve Blank

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. This has allowed the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) to integrate private capital and commercial technology and use them as a force multiplier to dominate the South China Sea and prepare for a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 6 – Unmanned Systems and Autonomy

Steve Blank

led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. dependence on TSMC in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips. This is problematic as China claims Taiwan is a province of China. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. Naming your startup can be one of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur. A good luck charm, perhaps?

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