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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

This class, Technology, Innovation, and Modern War was designed to give our students insights on how the onslaught of new technologies like AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others has the potential to radically change how countries fight and deter threats.

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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – August 1st 2024

VC Cafe

of global venture capital volume. Kudos Eran Shust and team Holisto (formerly Splitty) on your $10M series B for your price aggregation technology! Proud to support the ecosystem with Remagine Ventures as we are in the process of closing 4 deals right now. In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching my favorite show on TV this morning – GPS (Global Public Square) with Fareed Zakaria. The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US.

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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – November 1 2024

VC Cafe

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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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

Both Sides of the Table

It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen. Nick – the incredibly visionary behind the company and our technology. ” Steve.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Prices down. Network Up.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. GEO-locating is the juncture that makes technology connections “real”. So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya.

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