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

Steve Blank

It’s not leadership. The military has three of the four pieces of the puzzle you need: strategy, access to technology, leadership. Leadership was not the problem. Strategy, technology, leadership – those were fine. How might China exploit weaknesses in the C4ISR networks fielded by Taiwan or the U.S.

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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

YoungUpstarts

Viljakainen’s was recently in town to give a talk and promote his book “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “, and we were fortunate enough to catch him for a short interview to talk about how business leadership in the new digital era. into Europe. How do you see leadership in the new millennium evolve?

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Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. general population of Europe is pretty savvy about being green.

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

It takes years to establish these trusted relationships and watching Kevin build out his network has been an inspiration and gives me the confidence that Upfront itself has greatly broadened its relationships in the industry. I have long believed in diversity of thought and diversity of experiences in leadership teams and in decision making.

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Phil Weiser For Colorado Attorney General

Feld Thoughts

Phil is a rare entrepreneur who can bring innovation to the government, which is just the sort of leadership we need now. Phil and I both share a background as Jews whose families came from Eastern Europe. Closer to home, our current Attorney General joined Scott Pruitt in challenging President Obama’s leadership in this area.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. These results are consistent for both US-based and Europe-based VC firms.

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Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. general population of Europe is pretty savvy about being green.