Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2009

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. As a founder you need to prepare yourself to think creatively and independently, because more often than not, conditions on the ground will change so rapidly that the original well-thought-out business plan becomes irrelevant.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s unfortunate for him that the Iraq debacle chipped away heavily at both and his legacy isn’t what it might have been. Recognising and recruiting those leaders is a big part of our job as investors and founders. We need leaders in every walk of life, from politics to sport to business and beyond.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. The focus of our first segment is how Silicon Valley and the U.S.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. There’s something wrong when the cost of entry of Palantir , SpaceX and Anduril as new DOD contractors required billionaire founders.) New startups/companies rarely break into the system. Slides 35-37.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

After much consideration, I landed on Two Rivers – I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, the city of the two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. I was brainstorming names with my co-founders CTO Jesse Forrest and CMO Matt Reilly. So, I ended up naming the business after the place where it was born — Kansas City, Kansas. 25- What we provide.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I first met Matt Mullenweg , founder of Automattic/WordPress, over a bowl of chili in Wyoming last decade. I don’t recall when I first met Raanan Bar-Cohen , SVP of business things at Automattic, but I do know we were already friends before traveling to Baghdad together in 2009, sharing an amazing week in Iraq.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

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. Ed Turner said he had set his sights too low and did not want his son to do the same.

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Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

Right: Umesh, Founder of NEWAH. Almost half of its working-age population are unemployed, and the latest United Nations Human Development Index ranks Nepal at #144 out of 188 countries, coming in behind Cambodia (#143), Zambia (#139), and Iraq (#121). I packed some Imodium and a sleeping bag, and I was on my way to Kathmandu.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Marine Corps veteran who served four tours in Iraq, including two tours as a platoon commander and two tours as a Special Assistant to Gen. As a former Marine, he has first-hand experience with the need to speed defense innovation efforts: I remember when my GPS mapping system in my Humvee broke down when I was over in Iraq.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. Was looking for something like this. thank you Edouard Reinach kodak is not a word made from nothing. the guy who built the kodak compagny is Eastman Kodak. He invented the name Kodak. I want my childhood back.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

And despite not going to University, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of the Unicorn Startup Just Eat. Well, you're going to judge it by the team, by the co-founders. And when you're judging it by the co-founders, that's when you have to try and decide, okay, what have they got going for themselves?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2014

Gabriel Mays is the Founder and CEO of Just Add Content , which makes affordable, easy to use small business websites. Previously Gabe served as a Captain in the Marine Corps for 8 years, spending 2 years between Iraq and Afghanistan operating on small, embedded advisor teams.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Well, you're gonna judge it by the team, by the co-founders. And when you're judging it by the co-founders, that's when you have to try and decide, okay, what have they got going for themselves?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Then we eroded toward the opposite: a cozy government-industrial complex that can't tie its own shoes (Katrina response, Iraq administration, SEC/Madoff, general regulatory bloat). Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0 Each requires the step before it.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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Reid Hoffman

APRIL 14, 2013

YCombinator founder Paul Graham even wrote an essay about the importance of keeping your identity small. If you thought the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, what did you personally do about it? Once your identity is threatened, he reasons, you become defensive and resistant to change or even dialogue.

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