Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Result: Seven schools have already added Hacking for Defense classes: UC San Diego, University of Pittsburg, University of Southern California, Stanford, University of Rochester, Georgia Tech and Georgetown University.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

This is a key national conference held in Boulder at the intersection of technology and public policy with a particular focus on the Internet. This year’s conference subtitle was “ The Challenges of Internet Law and Governance.” David Cohen (EVP of Comcast), Larissa Herda (CEO of tw telecom inc.),

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

A microbrewery in one state may be governed by very different rules than a microbrewery the next state over. The alcohol industry is governed at both the federal and state level. ” It’s important that you know and abide by all existing federal laws governing beer and alcohol. So, read up on your state’s laws.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. government where their traditional academic path and business career would never take them. (I But the thing that really caught my attention: his Stanford Ph.D It has changed how federally funded research is commercialized.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Video of the teams live presentation are here. Worth your time to watch.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology. He sits on the House committee that oversees the NSF - the Science, Space and Technology committee (a place where his engineering degree and PhD comes in handy.) He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Virtualitics uses patented technology, based on a decade of research at the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Department of Defense, Nestle and University of Southern California. The company’s clients include Moody’s, Daimler, U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry. Let's make sure we're very familiar with what the kind of local culinary culture is in the places that we operate, whether it's in New Orleans or in New Jersey or in Southern California, where you have very different sort of culinary cultures.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

Some businesses are open, while others are closed but trying to reopen while the remainder are waiting for the government to allow them to reopen. The majority of businesses owners do not full advantage of the programs the government is offering. Failure to Access Small Business Administration (SBA) Programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. at a level of specificity you don’t always find in VCs. We discuss Googles plan to pay more to Verizon in order to be on a higher speed connection and get its mobile content to users faster.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Minnie Ingersoll, COO, Shift Technologies.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Minnie Ingersoll, COO, Shift Technologies.

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