Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

He was forced in to an internal exile to Groky (Nizhnij Novgorod) – a major industrial city closed to foreigners – about 300 mi east of Moscow in 1980 following his public protests against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was allowed to return to Moscow in Feb 1987 – AFTER Reykjavik. (I Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2024

Navy) There are several theories of how innovation in military doctrine and new operational concepts occur. Or a military service can generate innovation internally when senior military officers recognize the doctrinal and operational implications of new capabilities, e.g., Rickover and the Nuclear Navy.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. Jeff Decker is a social science researcher at Stanford.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2012

The big companies are especially eager to recruit veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts who have returned home to extremely tough competition for jobs. For young families, independent trucking provides a great way to own and operate a family business. Drive your family business.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. Our Hacking for Diplomacy sponsors at State gave us 15 problems for the students to solve.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. Jeff Decker is a social science researcher at Stanford.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. REF expanded its operations to include forward teams in Kuwait and Iraq to provide technology to fill capability gaps and to counter the highest priority threats. After being ignored for decades, Boyd’s OODA Loop drove the U.S.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Why this is possible is that at its core the Hacking for X for pedagogy is built around the same Lean methodology that’s been proven on the battlefield of Iraq and Afghanistan, Silicon Valley and the 1000+ teams from the National Science Foundation. Our Hacking for Diplomacy sponsors at State gave us 15 problems for the students to solve.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

Part 1 talked about what I saw and learned – the layout of a carrier, how the air crew operates and how the carrier functions in context of the other ships around it (the strike group.) For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) that’s pretty easy.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. By rapidly discovering the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and then articulating the requirements to solve them, defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency to deliver timely and needed solutions.).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. By rapidly discovering the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and then articulating the requirements to solve them, defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency to deliver timely and needed solutions.).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He launched his first startup to bring the first cell phone technology onto the battlefield in Afghanistan. They operate multiple investment funds focused on industry verticals like Real Estate, Consumer or CPG and on under-represented founders such as Women and People of Color.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2014

Previously Gabe served as a Captain in the Marine Corps for 8 years, spending 2 years between Iraq and Afghanistan operating on small, embedded advisor teams. Just Add Content specializes in making cloud app integration accessible to small businesses.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

But this is not a standard operating procedure. Buy these sandals and we'll contribute money to building schools in Afghanistan for girls who otherwise couldn't go to school. Have you helped people understand why it's important for them to do this? MC : Yeah, of course. This is not a typical environment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" have these stories of kids who are in Taliban-controlled, Afghanistan, and young girls were forbidden from going to school who are using Khan Academy in that way. Eric Ries : Why not?

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Small Business Force

MAY 21, 2017

And finally, just last week they charged a returning serviceman from Afghanistan $200 because his checked duffel bag was overweight. Earlier this month they ejected a man and woman on their way to be married in Costa Rica because they had the temerity to change their seats when another sleeping passenger occupied theirs.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And this idea of user-defined operating picture is with us today. New Operating Concepts Versus Doctrine.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. You mass fire power on objectives.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The Joint Chiefs have no operational authority over troops. Global Integration of Operational Plans.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. He did a tour with the 75th Ranger Regiment as a platoon leader.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

You can see a list of every city where they operate and make directed donations on their site.)Thanks And then you read one years later called Team of Teams, and it was about how as the US went into Afghanistan to go fight, they started in a very command and control, information efficient organization. I was just talking to a company.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. You mass fire power on objectives.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Let’s say you’re a political operative who is trying to win a swing state like Florida in the general election. There are other factors you could use to figure out whether they are male or female, old or young, passionate about the war in Afghanistan or likely to vote based on Cuban-American issues.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. I was a marine three-star in Afghanistan. Today General James Mattis addressed the class. They are like you.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

But while the TSMC announcement is welcome, if and when the Arizona foundry is built, it will only be able to make about a quarter of the chip production of TMSC’s largest semiconductor fabrication plants and would amount to just 3 percent of the manufacturing capability that TSMC currently operates in Taiwan. In the 21 st century the U.S.

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