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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Class Organization.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

We just had our third week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage). Russian Technology Strategy.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

Both are wakeup calls that victory and deterrence in modern war will be determined by a state’s ability to both use traditional weapons systems and simultaneously rapidly acquire, deploy, and integrate commercial technologies (drones, satellites, targeting software, et al) into operations at every level. The DoD has not done either of these.

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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

For global firms looking for quick expansion and development, offshoring is another motivating factor. The company provides first-class software development teams around your needs. This may be done for a variety of reasons, such as the necessity to access additional talent or the need to cut expenditures. Offshore Development Benefits.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. At a company level, global supply chains made it possible to source and build products faster and cheaper with a “just in time” model. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

The preferred location for several tech startups is Ukraine since the rates they pay for talented tech workers are low in comparison. The post Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene? Those companies have at least a quarter of their tech employees outside of Israel. Wage Inflation.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs.

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