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

Steve Blank

Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. These Horizons also apply to government agencies and other large organizations.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). Advancements in these technologies will be driven by consumer demand and the potential for profit- not government directives. Hopefully the most successful of these initiatives will be broadly scaled across the department and federal government. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

In 1294 Gaykhatu (literally, “Awesome” in Mongolian) was the leader of one Hoard of Mongols ruling over what is now Iran, Iraq and Southwest Asia. When he heard that Kublai was just printing his own money, he saw his path to riches and summoned the Ambassador from Kublai’s court, demanding to see the new paper currency.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Steve Blank

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). Advancements in these technologies will be driven by consumer demand and the potential for profit- not government directives. Hopefully the most successful of these initiatives will be broadly scaled across the department and federal government. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

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. Lessons learned.

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