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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. After two decades of being a housewife, my husband returned from Iraq disabled, sparking a radical shift in our lifestyle. 16- Declare victory over finances. Ethics and morality were only measured against regulations.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. These Horizons also apply to government agencies and other large organizations.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. I recently learned about the career of General Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general that led DoD agencies during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq when attempted cyber-attacks against the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

In class 1, we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, its military, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL.

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50 Famous Leaders And Career Advice That Shaped Them

YoungUpstarts

Bush: “You have a moral obligation to act against evil.” : Nobel Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s words to the 43rd president deeply affected his decision to intervene in Iraq, one of the defining acts of his political career. His hope of instilling a lifelong interest in government in the young Ted worked.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 2

Steve Blank

As a former Marine, Matt had 3 combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. The hope was that helping China grow its economy would lead to liberalization of its government and greater freedoms for its people. and DIME-FIL (Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic, Finance, Intelligence and Law Enforcement.).

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And Then They Came for Me …

Both Sides of the Table

We are the global cabal who control finance, media and governments in the eyes of the conspiracy theorists. Do you think if we bomb the s**t out of oil fields in Iraq and then take their oil we will create more terrorists who hate us or fewer? But what about Trump’s policies, Peter, do you find attractive? Or is that hyperbole?