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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Class Organization.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

We just had our third week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage). Russian Technology Strategy.

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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

Steve Blank

Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit. National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. Portions of this post previously appeared in War On the Rocks. government satellite in orbit.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

Both are wakeup calls that victory and deterrence in modern war will be determined by a state’s ability to both use traditional weapons systems and simultaneously rapidly acquire, deploy, and integrate commercial technologies (drones, satellites, targeting software, et al) into operations at every level. Until today , the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. The class was split into three parts.

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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

In the post-coronavirus period, the demand for technologies that help businesses compensate for losses will only increase. A few years ago, Mr. Gilfanov moved away from operational duties in an IT company to focus on international investment in the field of financial technology, gaming and video streaming.

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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.