Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Part 1 can be found here.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. in all parts of the government — State, climate change, Department of Defense, economic policy, et al. If the past is a prologue, our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. while testing proposed solutions.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. —— I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

75 years ago, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) helped kickstart innovation in Silicon Valley with a series of grants to Fred Terman , Dean of Stanford’s Engineering school. The technology insights and expertise of Stanford Engineering. The technology insights and expertise of Stanford Engineering. and globally.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. If scooters were not being stolen, reprogrammed, vandalized, thrown into lakes, hung from trees, or pooped on, many city governments felt they were being hustled by these companies in a post-Uber world.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Reorganize DoD Research and Engineering. Russia will not defer its future plans for aggression to meet our dates. This article previously appeared in Defense News. Today, the U.S. We need to act now.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2021

John Garnaut and Bill Bishop, Sinocism , “ Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China ” Sinocism , January 16, 2019. The hope was that helping China grow its economy would lead to liberalization of its government and greater freedoms for its people. Next week – Russia. Realizing this, four years ago the U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. New types of disruptive technologies/weapons (China/Russia A2/AD , China’s DF-21D and DF-26B ) can create the need for new doctrine. And that has happened to us.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. A government that's trying to help, but gets in the way.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The class is joint listed in Stanford’s International Policy department as well as in the Engineering School, in the department of Management Science and Engineering. — Why This Course? Bookending the class will be two past secretaries of Defense – Ash Carter and Jim Mattis.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway?

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. The Bottom Line.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency. However, in the 21 st century the Three Horizons model has a fatal flaw that could put companies out of business and government agencies behind their adversaries. That’s no longer true in the 21 st century.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners. Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M). Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. New types of disruptive technologies/weapons (China/Russia A2/AD , China’s DF-21D and DF-26B ) can create the need for new doctrine. And that has happened to us.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The new National Defense Strategy states that we need to prepare for competition between major powers, calling out China and Russia explicitly as adversaries, (with China appearing to be the first.) The DoD must become less averse to risk” is something you’ve rarely heard in the government. Since 9/11 the U.S. on page 10.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, science and engineering at both Stanford and U.C. Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. Clearly, lean works globally.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Now that I’ve mapped out key first steps that need to be taken and important cultural nuances to be aware of when expanding your business into Asia , many CEOs ask me if they can actually locate their engineering and product teams here and expect the same level of quality they get in the Valley. My simple answer is: absolutely.

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Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

Threat actors aren’t below the idea of using hot topics, occasions, or popular personalities in their social engineering strategies to commit crimes. There are a good number of hackers lurking in cyberspace that have the backing of their governments —namely in China, North Korea, and Russia.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon Thinks , Considering Military Culture and Values When Adopting AI, Swarms of Mass Destruction , Joby Aviation raises $590 million led by Toyota to launch an electric air taxi service , Linking combat veterans and Valley engineers. But there are ways to serve in other parts of the US government.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Countries like Russia, China, Canada, and the United States are involved in drilling races, trying to capture as much of the crude oil market as they can, all the while implementing new energy tech innovation to improve safety, productivity, and environmental impact. Exploring New Areas.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Cargo ships are gigantic and although they only need to be manned by 20-30 sailors, engineers and mechanics, experience is the number one factor that matters. Trading lanes that were once calm and free, are being contested by geopolitical actors such as Iran, UK, China, USA and Russia. Shipping is being diverted.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. Skolkovo Innovation City in Russia has been recognized as an attempt to emulate Silicon Valley. Rapid urbanization is a crisis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

My grandparents were forced from Russia. Human talent, marketing, engineering, R&D. ER : A lot of folks I've been talking to about this, they're not accustomed to asking the government to help and it feels a little weird. Start-ups don't always interact with the government. Wars have been fought.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2023

We've seen the weaponization of the US dollar, particularly against Russia as, as we invaded Ukraine. 07:57): But you kind of on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis with letter grades or number grades that basically say, are you doing the things the government wants you to do and deems as appropriate and or are you not doing those things?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By the mid-18th century, the Empress had decreed that vodka distilleries were the exclusive purview of the government and and in the latter half of the 1700s taxes on Vodka sales were responsible for up to 40% of the Czar’s revenue! The steam engine (70 AD). Drink up, friends… 2.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Frederick Terman, Stanford’s Dean of Engineering, enlisted Stanford University as a major arms suppliers in this war. Stanford as a Center of Microwave and Electronics In 1946 after running the military’s secret 800 person Electronic Warfare Lab at Harvard, Fred Terman returned to Stanford as the dean of the engineering schoo l.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Many start-ups are going through ups and downs and this change would both incentivize them to hire more when things are going well and lay off less people in the downturns Examples from other countries: Russia reduced IT companies’ social contributions from 30% to 14% until the end of year 2017 2.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2017

It's no longer just a political issue when you're operating in an environment where the government is threatening the otherwise very stable national platform by which you've built your business on. It's easy to take that for granted, but that's why places like Russia have trouble getting their startup community off the ground.

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