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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. 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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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Steve Blank

How do you drop those on North Korea? . Blinken : We found that defectors getting out of North Korea have much greater access than we thought to technology, much of it coming in from China. Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2

Steve Blank

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, 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. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2 – Max Boot

Steve Blank

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, 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. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Watch Out for Seven Traits Of A Dominant Visionary

YoungUpstarts

In Silicon Valley it’s referred to as “ fake it till you make it” Far too many innovators believe it is okay to bend the truth or lie in pursuit of their goal. They described seven behaviors you should be prepared to deal with in addition to disrupting industries and changing the world. Sometimes they lie.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

Introducing Hacking for Defense – Connecting Silicon Valley Innovation Culture and Mindset to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. North Korea. They don’t need an office in Silicon Valley to figure out what’s out there. Yet in the last decade the U.S.

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

I’ve spent my life at the center of innovation in Silicon Valley – doing eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching others innovation and entrepreneurship. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. I love technology.