Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. A bubble is simply the redistribution of wealth from Marks to the Smart Money and Promoters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. People claiming to be unbiased may actually be paid promoters, large stakeholders, or company insiders. Any mention of “offshore”.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Offshore SEC Iran 176

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. I was born in Iran and I grew up there. during a time period when immigrants were welcome, even though we were coming from Iran and relationships between Iran and the U.S. You came to the U.S.

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Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 41

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. The only interference we see is from Vodafone in some countries, and in Iran. The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In Lebanon, Hi **ah continues to shoot rockets aimed at civilians in Israel and Iran has once more threatened a ‘devastating response’ before the US elections. Iran threatened it will deal Israel a ‘devastating blow’ even before the US elections. There are still 101 Israeli hostages held in G**a.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In class 1, we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, its military, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. North Korea/Iran/Non-Nation States. This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. Individuals simply can’t spook a market into behaving how it wants because it is, well, a market! And so it goes. Back to my non-VC example.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

And unlike other fintech companies that are primarily equity-financed, we raise capital by offering a best in class savings product to consumers (a 1 month renewable CD that pays 6% APY), which in turn allows us to meet our short term capital needs required for loan origination.

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Papua New Guinea Hawaii Churn Rate Advisory Board 88

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Terrorism at scale can only occur when these organizations can move money around to finance people who make bombs, buy guns, train recruits and so forth. No event has gotten the US and other governments so involved in the crackdown of monetary flows than the movement of money for terrorist activities post 9/11.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Clear Goals : The immediate threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea provide a unifying goal: to rapidly develop and deliver cutting-edge technologies, advanced weapons systems, and innovative operating concepts to deter aggression or win a war.

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