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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

YoungUpstarts

On one hand, he’s a tech innovator and entrepreneur whose creativity has earned him awards and accolades on two continents – Europe (Sweden, to be more exact) and Africa (eastern, and in countries like Nairobi, his native Somalia and Mauritius). Beijing and China are great examples of how they will leapfrog Silicon Valley soon.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) Politics: In Silicon Valley most startups fail. It’s what Silicon Valley calls disruption. that’s pretty easy.

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