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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Recognizing the ability of these teams to produce real results, 38 members of the venture and private equity community dialed in to these presentations. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every year they fund several teams as they launch companies. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. Prior to that, he worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan and General Electric specializing in deliberative trading, private equity investment, and post merger integration.

Channel 120
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Want leaders – look for competence and warmth

The Equity Kicker

It’s unfortunate for him that the Iraq debacle chipped away heavily at both and his legacy isn’t what it might have been. He was a great leader, exuding both warmth and competence. We need leaders in every walk of life, from politics to sport to business and beyond.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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The mindset of a good investor

The Equity Kicker

They drew on a contest run by American spies in the wake of the Iraq debacle: Begun in 2011, it posed hundreds of geopolitical questions (“Will Saudi Arabia agree to OPEC production cuts in November 2014?” By Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, which details the characteristics of people who are good at predicting the future.