Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. The problem is they don’t know how to be innovative in peacetime when innovation succumbs to the daily demands of execution.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2018

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. He demanded that everyone accept these new notes as currency. So smitten with this idea, Awesome copied the idea and printed his own money.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 21, 2018

North Korea has been on my mind lately (fathom that), although I had bought this book a few years ago after Eric Schmidt’s trip to in North Korea. In addition to being a delightful writer, Vonnegut was an in-demand and excellent public speaker. I started with Architectural and Cultural Guide Pyongyang.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

There are demanding clients, bosses who bully, conniving coworkers, and people who play politics. But how do we have faith in our company and in ourselves when demands are coming at us so fast and the future seems so uncertain? I’m not talking about jumping out of airplanes or crossing the border into North Korea.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 8, 2013

Supply and demand. In other words, to suffer for just one week like the terribly poor, extraordinarily unfortunate and very marketplace mystique - deprived people of North Korea must unconsciously suffer through every day of their lives. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 9, 2012

Supply and demand. In other words, to suffer for just one week like the terribly poor, extraordinarily unfortunate and very marketplace mystique - deprived people of North Korea must unconsciously suffer through every day of their lives. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The teapot dictators in Iran and North Korea may get all the ink, but it is the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian technocrats with their quiet defense of free markets and trade that make hay.

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