Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. military, the CIA and the National Security Agency.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 28, 2016

Last year, we quietly invested in the seed round of Booster Fuels, a then-stealth on-demand gas delivery service. Today, we’re excited to officially announce our investment as they raise their Series A financing from Maveron, Madrona, and RRE, and other invests, as well as expand into Silicon Valley. So why did we invest?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Posted on March 29, 2009 by steveblank This is post II of how I came to write “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley “ 1974. All as an integral part of the Strategic Integrated Operating Plan – our war-fighting plan to destroy the Soviet Union.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We used these tools to keep pace with the Soviet threats and eventually used silicon, semiconductors and stealth to create an offset strategy to leapfrog their military. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

We marry the mobile-first pragmatism and ingenuity of China’s tech scene with the core creative and technical innovation Silicon Valley is known for, particularly in digital devices and healthcare innovation. AirPop has been operating for three years but our core team has been working together for about six.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

They’re both fruit, but they’re very different in terms of how they operate. Obviously sometimes you want lock-ins that say, “Well, you can command a price point or an operating margin that’s hard for competitors to do.” And to me, a much more common occurrence is looking at the structure of how a well-placed incumbent operates.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

They’re both fruit, but they’re very different in terms of how they operate. Obviously sometimes you want lock-ins that say, “Well, you can command a price point or an operating margin that’s hard for competitors to do.” And to me, a much more common occurrence is looking at the structure of how a well-placed incumbent operates.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Gordon is also operating director of Zynga and director at Amazon, both sFund partners.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

s creations, there [is] a lot of overlap between how he and people in his world operate, and how those of us in the tech ecosystem do. Bear in mind, just like any of us working in stealth mode, there’s a limit on how many insider details J.J. But I think you also have to have faith in the operation. With that, let’s get started.

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