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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. It is a process that operates with speed and urgency, where innovators and stakeholders curate and prioritize their own problems/Challenges/ideas/technology. Newell ran the U.S.

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Formula for Strategic Leadership

OnlyOnce

He was literally coming to us live from his command center in Iraq or Afghanistan when he was running the whole theater of war over there. When something in your organization wraps up — a launch, a quarter, a project — you have to do a retrospective, curate learnings both good and bad, and publish them.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

In the 21 st century the DOD/IC community have realized that adversaries are moving at a speed that our traditional acquisition systems could not keep up with.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

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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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

In the 21 st century the DOD/IC community have realized that adversaries are moving at a speed that our traditional acquisition systems could not keep up with.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa. Lady Gaga Hits 1 Billion Views on You. Netflix Tests Streaming-Only Subscrip. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa. Lady Gaga Hits 1 Billion Views on You. Netflix Tests Streaming-Only Subscrip. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B.

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