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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 7

Steve Blank

Why Innovation in Government Is Hard. The first barrier to innovation is the Horizon 1 leadership conundrum. The same is true in most DOD/IC organizations: leadership has been promoted through the ranks for their ability to execute existing programs/missions. . —-. Then the question was, “For whom?”

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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

VC Cafe

India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Feature phones such as Nokia Asha still sell very well in the rural and semi-urban markets, largely because of the brand’s historical leadership, after-sales service and durability.

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