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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Also Available On. Show Summary. Our Guest . RideMates, Inc.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

He also shared his perspective on M&A (including Uber’s recent acquisitions of Postmates and Drizly), autonomous vehicles, the complexities of working in highly regulated industries, and how his personal and professional background shaped the way he approaches leadership today. I was born in Iran and I grew up there.

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Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks

management.fortune.cnn.com

Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. Leadership, by Geoff Colvin. GM CEO Dan Akerson discusses how the technology behind the Chevy Volt is driving innovation at the automaker. The big question is: Are they actually right?

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

A few soundbites from the future: Leadership: It’s no longer about being king of the mountain, it’s about being center of the circle. BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company. I think for me, the first course was Worldometers in that it was a day-to-day report on the cases.