Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I presented to 1,000’s of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had 9 interviews, chatted with 8 VC’s, sat on 4 panels, talked policy with 2 government ministers, 2 members of parliament, 1 head of a public pension fund and was in 1 TV-documentary. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown. With a little knowledge of some of the key cultural differences and unique properties of the local tech scene, Russia can easily become one of the most attractive tech markets in the world for investors. Russia in numbers.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

At the front-end of these innovations are startups – organizations the Department of Defense hasn’t previously dealt with at scale. Mrinal and Jeff’s article below explains how startups can adapt and thrive while working with the Defense Department. And how the Department of Defense is learning to work with startups.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. A Computer in every Home What I found in Finland was: A whole lot of smart, passionate entrepreneurs who want to build a startup hub in Helsinki. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The goal of Hacking for Allies , (which will launch a second cohort next week,) is to connect dual-use startups (those that sell to companies and government agencies) in allied nations to the U.S. Last fall, Russia conducted a cyberattack on the Norwegian parliament. 85 startups applied for this first cohort.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.) neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

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. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway?

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 23, 2015

There’s a widespread notion in the tech world that governments get in the way of innovation. Society needs a range of services to function and some are best provided by government, some by the private sector and many by a blend of the two. The chart above shows how theory translates into practice. I couldn’t agree more.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them. A two hour ferry ride across the Bay of Finland carried us from Tallinn to Helsinki.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.) neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I reminded my Startup Owners Manual co-author Bob Dorf this is how entrepreneurs played the game, blah, blah, blah. I was headed to my second Lean LaunchPad launch, excited that the first one in June had led to four funded startups raising some $2-million from Russian VC’s. Your visa to Russia has already been used.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I’m supposed to participate in a tech and startup community under these conditions? It’s not just right or left—as you know we’re so far past big vs small government in our politics. Gone are the days of perfectly legitimate debates on the right size of a central government. Their employees?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. It has replaced how to write a business plan with hands-on Lean Startup methods. That has changed in the last few years.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If you read these quotes, you’d think they were from a CEO who just took over a company facing disruption from agile startups and a changing environment. The DoD must become less averse to risk” is something you’ve rarely heard in the government. And you’d be right. Although in this case the CEO is the Secretary of Defense.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Countries like Russia, China, Canada, and the United States are involved in drilling races, trying to capture as much of the crude oil market as they can, all the while implementing new energy tech innovation to improve safety, productivity, and environmental impact. Exploring New Areas. Possible Barriers to Success in Oil and Gas Drilling.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve spent my life at the center of innovation in Silicon Valley – doing eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching others innovation and entrepreneurship. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. Let me be honest about my bias. I love technology.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. Skolkovo Innovation City in Russia has been recognized as an attempt to emulate Silicon Valley. Rapid urbanization is a crisis.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” First Choice For Second-Tier Startups? But if you’ve got a startup that is not quite as hot as a Dropbox or an Instagram, there could be a good reason to consider one of those other startup ecosystems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

My grandparents were forced from Russia. But for those who aren't aware, it's a government stimulus program that effectively says for your employees that make under $100,000 a year, the government will cover your payroll expenses, and rent, and utilities, and some ancillary expenses, for the next two and a half, three months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2013

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

However, I’m pleased that we now have a new Prime Minister and are on the road back to more stable government. From the perspective of the startup ecosystem, the most important question is whether we continue to allow the free movement of labour from Europe. Moreover, the fundamentals in favour of startups remain strong.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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Gust

JANUARY 6, 2013

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By the mid-18th century, the Empress had decreed that vodka distilleries were the exclusive purview of the government and and in the latter half of the 1700s taxes on Vodka sales were responsible for up to 40% of the Czar’s revenue! Meanwhile, distillation of Vodka spread like wildfire to neighboring countries.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Many start-ups are going through ups and downs and this change would both incentivize them to hire more when things are going well and lay off less people in the downturns Examples from other countries: Russia reduced IT companies’ social contributions from 30% to 14% until the end of year 2017 2.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Later posts will talk about these technologies and the startups that spun out of Stanford to build them. The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. Meanwhile the U.S. monopoly on atomic weaponry.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency. However, in the 21 st century the Three Horizons model has a fatal flaw that could put companies out of business and government agencies behind their adversaries. Startups are born betting it all.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? I found a question on Quora that relates to European startups, but found that some of the advice may be very relevant to Israeli startups as well. It’s not a dot, it’s a line.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Startups based in the region stretching from San Francisco to San Jose raise more funding, make more money and have smarter people than startups in any other place. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. (See

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

Even the governments are doing their part, like it or not, as is the case in France and Germany. Add Russia to the mix and we’re talking about a real market. DON’T make startups pay to pitch. You have super angels springing up all over the place. Sources of support and capital such as Seedcamp have established themselves.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Enterprise Ireland is another example.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Enterprise Ireland is another example.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

But also, to bring more tech talent into government to really help speed the transformation process. ” And for a startup that’s like, “What do you mean? For some of us, it’s going to be going into government service or serving in the military. But there are ways to serve in other parts of the US government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC.

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