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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

The type of disruption most companies and government agencies are facing is a once-in-every-few-centuries event. Ultimately, companies and government agencies need to stop doing this or they will fail. By process I mean all the tools that allow companies and government to scale repeatable execution. Companies Run on Process.

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How Entity Management Software Supports Growing Businesses

The Startup Magazine

Achieving growth requires maintaining records and ensuring compliance while efficiently managing entities involved in developing and expanding business operations. Entity management software plays a role in assisting businesses by offering tools that help streamline operations and improve the decision-making process significantly.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. Today, I get to move our national security mission in emerging technologies farther and faster in ways that I could not in government. Government conducts, often with little direction. Below is the first of her three-part series.

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Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Short Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Hearing views from Bill Gates on how the world deals with issues like climate change, Jack Dorsey talk about the role of social platforms and government and discussions with Kevin Systrom (Instagram), Todd McKinnon (Okta), etc were fascinating. link] Managing Your Startup Board?—?A

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

government agencies, our federal research labs, and government contractors no longer have exclusive access to these advanced technologies. Government agencies to provide context and perspective on commercial technologies and national security. Final Problem Statement: How should the US manage China’s dominance in solar panels?

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Andrew Inkpen, “ The Global Semiconductor Industry ” Thunderbird School of Management , 2021. [It the government is painfully learning how to reorient its requirements and acquisition process to buy these commercial, off-the-shelf technologies. In the U.S.,

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Significance of Strategic Operations Management in the Electronics Industry

The Startup Magazine

Strategic operations management in the electronic industry is not easy. Catering to a diversified niche at every level is tough, mainly because each product and service shall require some type of differentiation in the typical operations management within the manufacturing plants.