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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. Yet the development of these advanced technologies is now being driven by commercial interests, not the Defense Department. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – August 1st 2024

VC Cafe

It’s a testament to the fact that Israeli tech delivers #NOMATTERWHAT. In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B Kudos Eran Shust and team Holisto (formerly Splitty) on your $10M series B for your price aggregation technology! in Q2 2024 alone, which is 16.5% of global venture capital volume.

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[ADV] 4 Products Businesses Can Import From Qatar

YoungUpstarts

Bordering Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, UAE and Iran, Qatar is one of the most important Middle Eastern countries despite its small size. Qatar is known for making quality technology along with high end software to help businesses automate processes. Here are 4 products that businesses can import from Qatar: 1. The Verdict.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

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. But they also take on issues in science, technology and management.

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Why Women Make The Best Product Managers

SVPG

When I first started working on the keynote, I realized I had a unique perspective having had the opportunity to work with such a large number of technology product teams for over 35 years. One of the main reasons I see otherwise capable product managers fail is due to ego. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Hiring Women Product Managers.

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Making the Internet Smarter at Helping Us

Both Sides of the Table

So I’m drawn to UGC reviews. I started reading the comments of reviewers. And I don’t want you all who are different from me to be bothered with my eclectic taste in films (I hate Hollywood blockbusters and I drag my wife to foreign films of shepherd herders in Iran or EVERY Mike Leigh film) or my poor taste in music.

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