Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. Meanwhile the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

11:59) Giving people trust and autonomy and opening lines of communication as a leader, and how Mark's leadership has evolved. (14:16) My grandparents were forced from Russia. So talk a little bit about what you've seen and why you felt called to take on a leadership role. Wars have been fought. It's either leave or die.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Well first, the sense of urgency you do hear at the top among the Pentagon leadership is not necessarily fully shared throughout the bureaucracy – surprise, surprise. But also, to bring more tech talent into government to really help speed the transformation process. We’re not set up to do that quickly or well or at scale.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality. Fast forward to 2017.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality. Fast forward to 2017.

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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." My group of friends from Russia sent this to me. What did China do?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We talked about the role that employees now have in companies to advocate for their personal beliefs and perhaps force their leadership to take a more aggressive stance to protect their beliefs (in whatever direction). Generally the rights of citizens are protected by The Constitution and by the government.” “I

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The only solution is to outsource advanced weapons systems development outside of the traditional services and government ecosystem and hand the development to civilians.” Visionary Leadership : Articulate a clear vision for how startups and private capital can be mobilized to support catching up to our adversaries. Here’s how.

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