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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

We just completed the seventh 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 the character and employment of all instruments of national power. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

It was adopted by the National Institutes of Health as I-Corps at NIH in 2014 and at the National Security Agency in 2015. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence community or other government agencies. Team Silknet – Detecting Ground Base Threats. Stay tuned.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 In 2015, the 10 largest shareholders in a typical S&P 500 company held almost half of the company’s stock.) GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

Heck, up until its first shipment in 2015, it was science fiction. But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. government via Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). When I was a kid, this was science fiction. In the U.S. and/or the U.S. Outside the U.S.,

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

New emerging technologies have been the key catalyst for in-demand jobs. Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. Information and communications technology include 4,600 companies and 45,000 employees. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015. Inno Tech Alberta Inc.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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