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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

In 1991 we went to war in Desert Storm to evict Iraq out of Kuwait. There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service. First, one of the big things we’re doing is adopting digital engineering as our standard. Desert Storm and Space.

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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. The OODA Loop was the Lean Startup philosophy before lean. In 2010 Colonel Peter Newell took over the REF and turned its focus into what we would call a Lean Startup.