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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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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.

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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

The tech world has seen a shift away from Silicon Valley, with Israel now dominating the world’s startup economy. Information Age mentions that the tech sector provides the backbone for the country’s economy. Israel’s tech sector and ecosystem has led to innovation on an unprecedented scale. Wage Inflation.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs. The Renault Logan.

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Success Stories of Previous Winners at the Vernadsky Challenge

The Startup Magazine

Ukraine is a country rich in talents in the technology industry. Most of the startups in the tech industry, however, are centered around software. Ukraine has never had a lot of investment possibilities for hardware startups. The number of startups that has sprung in the country in the last decade is beyond expectations.