Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. Within a decade, the rise of venture capital in Silicon Valley enabled startups to find commercial customers rather than military ones. America’s adversaries understand this.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif., Thats real money."

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Will this Trend Last? In my mind there is no doubt this a lifetime trend. The press will romance the topic and then spurn it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Social networks are like Iran. We then went on to film an amazing 90 minute discussion afterward for This Week in Venture Capital. But 22 year olds might like to be able to make their views on the world known without having it follow them around for the next 40 years. It’s scary. ” It hit me. He’s right.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 19, 2015

Since then I ended up at a venture capital firm in Dubai called BECO Capital. They then spent the next two hours answering questions that I had about Dubai, its history, entrepreneurship in the region, and the geopolitical dynamics with other UAE states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). Today, China can do this in the Pacific and to a limited extent, Iran has this capability in the Persian Gulf. Today, photo imaging satellites, satellites that track electronic emissions (radio, radar, etc.) And not just one.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. Filed under: Family/Career , Secret History of Silicon Valley , Venture Capital. One of the most effective weapons in the Cold War was the mimeograph machine and the VCR.

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