Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. And some governments learned how to turn radio into a weapon of mass deception. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. — The next wave was Radio.

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Andrew Payne

MARCH 8, 2019

They rewrote the rules for channels and distribution, creating new livelihoods for countless authors and small businesses. Interestingly, the gorillas are now forced to deal with a growing number of government-like political issues. Activist employees at Google and Microsoft lobby against business practices they find objectionable.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Strategic plans so carefully developed now look like Napoleon’s disastrous return from his invasion of Russia (see graphic). Even when we have it, the ramp up to production, logistics to distribute, and the issues related to reluctance will slow things down. Like all huge government programs there will be SNAFU’s.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

But also, to bring more tech talent into government to really help speed the transformation process. That to me is the long pole in the tent for future multi-domain operations this very distributed approach to warfare, that will be necessary. But there are ways to serve in other parts of the US government.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

But if the second, more realistic camp wins out – one that looks at malign activities of competitor states, like China and Russia, and focuses on defending American influence and liberal values internationally – I think there will be a striking amount of continuity. I think Biden said that the top threat to America was Russia.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

A few years ago Jonah acquired Ze Frank’s video production company and the two of them have really built an enormous video production & distribution business. I usually think of these (decisions) through the lens of my employees and because we create native advertising we’re often producing the content and distributing it.

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