YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

Iran, Qatar, Canada, China, Norway, and Saudi Arabia come next. When it comes to proven reserves, Russia and Iran have by far the largest resources of natural gas, so they will continue to be the main players in the industry for the coming decades. This is a situation when the shares can be shorted.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. You came to the U.S.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. One of the most effective weapons in the Cold War was the mimeograph machine and the VCR. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Iran isn’t well-known for its cyber skills, but this individual definitely placed them on the map. The former member of Iran’s military held valuable footage such as upcoming episodes of the massively popular ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and other shows for ransom. Behzad Mesri.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. I realize it’s important to be cross-platform, but wouldn’t it have been more beneficial for Viber to focus on a select few mobile operating systems and making sure the feature sets were consistent? Do you know if and where Viber is currently being blocked?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Institutional inertia is a social problem.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

During WWII, ‘the Big Three’ met in Iran in 1943 at the famous Tehran Conference. During that meeting, many important decisions regarding their military strategy against Germany and Japan were solidified, including the Americans’ commitment to launch ‘Operation Overlord’ in May 1944 and invade northern France.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

Part 1 talked about what I saw and learned – the layout of a carrier, how the air crew operates and how the carrier functions in context of the other ships around it (the strike group.) And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). Their whole focus, career, incentives, etc.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Trading lanes that were once calm and free, are being contested by geopolitical actors such as Iran, UK, China, USA and Russia. Operational resilience is perhaps the biggest factor of concern. You will need to plan for relevant disruptions to your export operations. Shipping is being diverted.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

No matter on which side of this month’s debate over the Iran nuclear agreement you happen to fall on, we all agree that talking beats destroying and even the most ardent foes of President Obama’s deal with the Iranian government will surely agree that the attempt at an agreement is preferable to a military option.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2021

It calls for a revolution in thinking about how these technologies can be adopted and integrated into weapons and other defense platforms, and more importantly, how they can create new operational and organizational concepts that will change the way we fight. Military Applications and Operational Concepts in Space, Cyber, AI, and Autonomy.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities. At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. Yet the development of these advanced technologies is now being driven by commercial interests, not the Defense Department. America’s adversaries understand this.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

North Korea/Iran/Non-Nation States. We also covered the two regional threats to international security – North Korea and Iran – as well as the continued threats of terrorism from non-nation states (Al-Qaeda’s, ISIS ). Under the Iran Nuclear Deal ( JCOPA ) they had agreed to limit their uranium to 3.67% enrichment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Consider Apple: they change their rules of operation at any time and with no notice to third-party developers. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

Our new, “new normal “ The ceasefire with Hamas will only buy us temporary calm until Iran has re-loaded Hamas for another round. She spoke to Yigal’s widow after the operation and told her that “We are like family now”. Photo Credit: AFP. Hamas does not build shelters or invests in education, its economy or trade.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

After operating for nearly ten years, we’ve recently being going through a company-wide process of rethinking our Mission, Vision, and Values. In three years’ time, I hope to have grown my hostel chain to three locations and to have expanded my tour company to both Iran and Kyrgzstan. Photo Credit: Robert Stolk.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Caught in between, social media companies try to constructively engage with both the “right” and the “left” domestically while rooting out foreign influences from antagonistic nations like Russia and Iran. During the past few years, significant political manipulation by foreign operatives occurred in smaller networks like 4Chan as well.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2020

We face authoritarian governments in China, in Russia, in Iran and North Korea, governments that not only oppress their own people, Tibetans, Uighurs , those in Hong Kong, but that offer the world a dystopian vision of control. I volunteered to serve on the Defense Business Board because our nation faces an unprecedented set of challenges.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

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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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