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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

I was present at the creation of the first microprocessors, participated in the PC revolution, built video games, and shipped software on the first Internet browsers. Living “phone forward” and connecting to the world through this software seems normal – to you. — The next wave was Radio. The same is true for the Internet.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

(During the Cold War we used asymmetric technologies in silicon and software to disrupt the Soviet Union’s lead in conventional weapons.) North Korea. All while we’re still writing a Request for a Proposal from within the US Government procurement and acquisition channels. Yet in the last decade the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Watch Out for Seven Traits Of A Dominant Visionary

YoungUpstarts

by Rob Shelton, co-author of “ The Brilliant Jerk Conundrum: Thriving with and Governing a Dominant Visionary “ Dominant visionaries that lead companies do not act or think like most people. That makes them difficult to work with, govern, or even talk to. On bad days they are jerks, troublemakers, and rabble-rousers.

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Can the Bitcoin code be forbidden by democratic governments?

The Startup Magazine

No democratic government will ever ban technology. By their nature, governments must protect innovation. In the long run, a healthy strategy for a government is to encourage innovation, including the use of cryptocurrency. It is a minor example, but it is important for both governments and companies.