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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

We just held our sixteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. For example, in an area known for a high crime rate, security guards can be hired and other measures taken.

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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Part 1 can be found here.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

It's never selfish to hire. My grandparents were forced from Russia. We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. I said, "Hire people. Hire them to do whatever you can find them to do." In his view, "It's never selfish to keep your company in business. Wars have been fought.

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

Steve Blank

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. We could design and manufacture the best systems.

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