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Careers Start by Peeling Potatoes

Steve Blank

When I got to my first airbase my job was lugging electronics boxes on and off fighter planes under the broiling hot Thailand sun, to bring them into the technicians inside the air-conditioned shop, to troubleshoot and fix. Solutions From Hands On. Each of those crummy, tedious, exhausting jobs made me understand how hard they were.

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4 Ways Sales Can Help Your Company Offset Losses From Trump’s Trade Wars

YoungUpstarts

tech industry , companies using steel , and manufacturers of engineered hardwood floors are already feeling the pain. If your trade partner is in China, it might be possible to find new options in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Sales 101
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Ejection Seats

Steve Blank

In the year and a half I was in Thailand I climbed in and out of the cockpits of F-4’s , F-105 Wild Weasels and A-7’ s. And a few months later at my base in Thailand the same thing happened again. When I came home from Thailand I was stationed on a B-52 bomber base. It was way cool. B-52 Egress Training.

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Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

My first week on the base… our shop chief announced: “We’re looking for some volunteers to go to Thailand.” Two weeks later I was lugging heavy boxes across the runway under the broiling Thailand sun. Eighteen months after arriving in Thailand, I was managing a group of 15 electronics technicians. You get to make your own luck.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

. —————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. My office is in the Terman Engineering Building.

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Founder Interview: Michel Ruiz on Augmented Reality and Building the KaviAR Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

All the digital content you consume will be mixed into your physical environment, without the need to pass through a search engine. My favorite part of being a founder is to imagine things that were previously impossible, and realizing that nothing is impossible. Augmented reality is the web of tomorrow.

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

Steve Blank

After been stationed at three fighter bases in Thailand ( Ubon , Udorn and Korat ) and working on Electronic Warfare suites on F-4’s, A-7’s, F-105’s and AC-130’s, I got orders to report to a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bomber base in Alpena Michigan. Imagine how hot, humid and unbearable the weather was in Thailand.