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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. At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine.

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

Steve Blank

Worse, China will learn from and apply the lessons from Russia’s failures in the Ukraine at an ever increasing pace. US Congress must take Ukraine and China’s dominance in the South China Sea as call for action and immediately establish a commission to determine what reforms and changes are needed to ensure the U.S.

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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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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

Hiring an expert from, say, Ukraine or another offshore development center may significantly lower the cost of paying programmers’ salaries, as well as totally eliminate the expense of equipment purchases and utility costs, whether the customer is based in the US, EU, UK, or Australia. Lower cost of development.

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

YoungUpstarts

It is also important for Rustam Gilfanov to develop charity projects in Ukraine, the largest of which are “????????” 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. ” and “?????????? ???????????”

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

John Mearsheimer, “ Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin ” Foreign Affairs , 2014. Fall of the USSR. Peter Crowley, “ Book Review: Stephen Kotkin’s Armageddon Averted ” Inquiries Journal , 2010. Russian Geopolitics & Foreign Policy. For a complete understanding of Russian foreign policy.,

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

A vast supply of previously untapped labor joined the global workforce, allowing businesses to employ factory workers in China, software engineers in Ukraine, and call center reps in the Philippines. . At a company level, global supply chains made it possible to source and build products faster and cheaper with a “just in time” model.

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