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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Class Organization.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. The class was split into three parts.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

Both are wakeup calls that victory and deterrence in modern war will be determined by a state’s ability to both use traditional weapons systems and simultaneously rapidly acquire, deploy, and integrate commercial technologies (drones, satellites, targeting software, et al) into operations at every level. The DoD has not done either of these.

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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem.

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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

This is going to be BIG.

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. Why is it that the supposedly smartest guys in the room—the kingmakers of tech—are so constantly terrible in their value systems and opinions?

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