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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

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. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Rare recount of escaping North Korea – [link]. Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. Pew Study: Americans Abandoning News Outlets, Citing Lower Quality | Forbes – [link]. Honest logos | Webdesigner Depot – [link]. – [link].

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Steve Blank

Next, we’ll discuss the challenge of our National Defense Strategy – we no longer face a single Cold War adversary but potentially five – in what are called the “2+3 threats” (China and Russia plus Iran, North Korea, and non-nation state actors.).

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Compounding this problem of multiple new technologies is today’s reality that the DOD is facing multiple adversaries.

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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

Steve Blank

Travel History (have you lived or gone to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Syria, etc.) United States allegiance Foreign influence (do you own property overseas? Foreign investments, etc.) Psychological conditions and personal behavior. Plus, they will talk to your friends, relatives, current and ex-significant others, etc.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Because Iran, North Korea, drug cartels, tax evaders, and money launderers are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions, bank laws, taxes, and pretty much violate every lawful economic law on the books. They are already starting to do so, in China and South Korea, and the impact of this on Bitcoin value is just beginning.

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Mikkel Thorup, World Traveling Expat, How To Move Offshore And Eliminate Taxes (VC EP30)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Mikkel Thorup hosts The Expat Money Show podcast (I was on episode 155) and has spent over 21 years in continual travel around the world, visiting more than 100 countries including Colombia, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Iran.