Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. But the thing that really caught my attention: his Stanford Ph.D

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

One observation that often goes unnoticed is that the government audit agencies – GAO, DoDIG – are also part of the problem, as they work hard in assuring compliance with bad strategy. New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. As a nation the U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed and urgency to their stakeholders. In exchange our government sponsors benefit from access to talent that most likely would never have served the country. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

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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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government as well as the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed and urgency to their stakeholders. In exchange our government sponsors benefit from access to talent that most likely would never have served the country. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

One observation that often goes unnoticed is that the government audit agencies – GAO, DoDIG – are also part of the problem, as they work hard in assuring compliance with bad strategy. New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. As a nation the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

government reengineered its approach to building weapons. In 1950, government support of basic science research in U.S. Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Using analogies from evolution such as variation, selection and adaptation, Adapt uses far flung examples ranging from the Iraq War, Global Warming, 2007′s Financial Meltdown, to 3rd World Development efforts to prove its point. In a chapter “Conflict or: How Organizations Learn”, one learns how Iraq war heroes like H.R.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. The focus of our first segment is how Silicon Valley and the U.S. Listen to my entire chat with Matt.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Steve is CEO of MovieLabs the joint R&D lab of all the major motion picture studios. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members. The founders wanted to remind people that there’s more to the holiday season than commercialization and buying gifts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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MARCH 28, 2017

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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

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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JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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MAY 2, 2016

Capella Space is pivoting towards commercial customers based on consistent feedback from the government. They’re finding that the government doesn’t want to pay for launch and sustainment, but instead would rather be users of commercial data. This helped them refine their map of how IED information flows (slide 6).

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

Capella Space is pivoting towards commercial customers based on consistent feedback from the government. They’re finding that the government doesn’t want to pay for launch and sustainment, but instead would rather be users of commercial data. This helped them refine their map of how IED information flows (slide 6).

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Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

I learned that NEWAH was dealing with some bureaucratic red tape (read: government corruption), and that they were having issues getting projects approved. I reached out to Umesh directly in the middle of 2017, to see if I can get my hands dirty (literally) and offer some direct on-the-ground assistance.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” Can you briefly explain what that meant and why you sent me to Iraq? :). HW: If there was a particular ask you had of the technology industry with regards to its partnership with US government, what would it be? AR: Help the government do a better job countering violent extremism.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

This modality is practical and convenient for identification and the first commercially widespread biometric sensor which is why it is widely used in law enforcement, forensic departments, government projects, banking, and workforce management.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2013

Government and elections might be the first thing that come to mind, but so-called information graphics around the web, filled with keywords and published by sites trying to grab Google juice, have also grown up to be a common culprit. Why: Finally, you must know the reason data was collected, mostly as a sanity check for bias.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. After two decades of being a housewife, my husband returned from Iraq disabled, sparking a radical shift in our lifestyle. Ethics and morality were only measured against regulations. Thanks to Chris Jarvis, JarvisTower ! #4-

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. How much is he the system of government versus the product of a system? And after two decades focused on counter terrorism the U.S. is engaged in great power competition with both China and Russia. To what degree is Vladimir Putin a unitary actor?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. I recently learned about the career of General Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general that led DoD agencies during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq when attempted cyber-attacks against the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 27, 2020

While the right might tell you that government regulation gets in the way of competition, it seems pretty clear that it’s lack of government regulation that is the biggest impediment. Have we forgotten that the only reason Apple even exists today is because Microsoft feared the government’s anti-trust enforcement in operating systems.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 15, 2017

In April 2009 I was invited to visit Iraq as part of the first delegation. Why do you personally believe that government is still the best system to catalyze change, versus working from the private sector? It was an amazing experience for me and I’ve been close with Alec since that point.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Bush: “You have a moral obligation to act against evil.” : Nobel Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s words to the 43rd president deeply affected his decision to intervene in Iraq, one of the defining acts of his political career. His hope of instilling a lifelong interest in government in the young Ted worked.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 28, 2008

between government mandates and individual choice, though we question whether. success in Iraq and adjust his plans. McCain's health plan. doesn't do enough to protect those who cannot afford health insurance. Mr. Obama hopes to steer the country toward universal coverage by charting a course.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a former Marine, Matt had 3 combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. The hope was that helping China grow its economy would lead to liberalization of its government and greater freedoms for its people. hoped that helping China grow its economy would lead to liberalization of its government and greater freedoms for its people.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This is not a government that’s run in Washington and does its own thing like Beijing does, or Moscow does in their country. This is a government of the people, by the people for the people. So the answer is- do not give up on your principles, your values, your way of life, your constitutional form of government.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We are the global cabal who control finance, media and governments in the eyes of the conspiracy theorists. Do you think if we bomb the s**t out of oil fields in Iraq and then take their oil we will create more terrorists who hate us or fewer? But what about Trump’s policies, Peter, do you find attractive? Or is that hyperbole?

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

government has embraced Lean methodologies to reinvigorate its innovation efforts was the focus of the latest episode of my SiriusXM radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere. He offered context for the government’s innovation efforts: The Federal Government plays a critical role in innovation in our country and has throughout our history.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

The committee found that Huawei could not or would not explain its relationship with the Chinese government and did not comply with U.S. laws, The report recommended that no government or contractor systems include Huawei systems. Make no mistake, these are not government pronouncements that don’t end up going anywhere.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ironically, most in the front row looked like the Soldiers I served with in Iraq (Soldiers who were in the Middle East for many reasons including to secure access to cheap foreign oil). Smith’s loyalist climate change deniers and senior scientists in the US Government. That does not sit well with me. I argue that Rep.

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