Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We just held our second session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. The Technology-to-Weapons-Cycle. Our second lecture was a discussion of how new technology turns into new weapons and new doctrine. If you can’t see the slides click here. The text below refers to the slides.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

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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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In Lebanon, Hi **ah continues to shoot rockets aimed at civilians in Israel and Iran has once more threatened a ‘devastating response’ before the US elections. Iran threatened it will deal Israel a ‘devastating blow’ even before the US elections. There are still 101 Israeli hostages held in G**a.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

In this episode of the AI + a16z podcast, Ideogram CEO Mohammad Norouzi joins a16z General Partner Jennifer Li to share his story of growing up in Iran, helping build influential text-to-image models at Google, and ultimately cofounding and running Ideogram.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

So either the future is a Lunch.com like sacking of websites like Trip Advisor (which given that he sold them his last travel venture for some serious bank sounds very plausible) or somebody developing technology to enable all of the existing products including Yelp, Zagat, RottenTomatoes – even Amazon.com – to be sliced better.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen. Nick – the incredibly visionary behind the company and our technology.

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SVPG

OCTOBER 16, 2016

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. Anyone that has ever been involved in technology product efforts, especially in larger companies, knows that they are their own sort of marathons.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It was 1979 when the Shah was exiled from Iran by those loyal to the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, ending the reign of the the last Persian monarch. She fled the university and on that day, without knowing, said goodbye to Aryamehr Institute of Technology and the country she had loved for 22 years, Iran.

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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. Technology failures are usually risks that emanate from poor training, hardware malfunctions and lack of knowledge of the threats you face. Shipping is being diverted.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Influential meetings between iconic figures in politics, music, science and technology have contributed to the landscape of current society. The two bonded over their shared interests and went on to co-create one of the most revered, influential brands in technology. Let’s a take a look at a few of them: 1.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Game Hunters.

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Mucker Lab

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Sam is a Persian Prince – and you know I am deeply proud of our shared Iran roots – and Theodor is Swedish. Sweden is pretty much my favorite non-Iran country. One of the main reasons I got involved with Everipedia is that I really like the ethnicities of my cofounders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

But an equally obvious case is BitCoin where people who live in Iran, Syria or Libya may rather put their money into non-governmental units (even knowing the risks) than to trust their local governmental leaders to protect their assets from inflation or seizure. It is the antidote to top-down control. It is open and empowering.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

And my eyes really lit up today when I had a great chat over tea with Dmitry Shapiro , one of the better & more philosophical thinkers about technology that I know. I’ve played around with the beta version the past few days and am already impressed with their ability to ship technology. [no, Social networks are like Iran.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). Today, China can do this in the Pacific and to a limited extent, Iran has this capability in the Persian Gulf. Filed under: Hacking For Defense , Navy , Science and Industrial Policy , Technology. Thanks to the crew of the U.S.S.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 20, 2016

It’s the story of Stuxnet , the computer virus created by a set of nation states (including the US and Israel) which was intended to disable and/or slow down Iran’s nuclear program. Sunday night, Amy and I watched the new documentary Zero Days.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

While labeled the “dot.com” bubble, valuations went crazy across a wide range of technology sectors including telecommunications, enterprise software and biotech, not just the Internet. They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. A few will be worth much, much more.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. GEO-locating is the juncture that makes technology connections “real”. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. Gen D’s parents are also excited by new technolog y.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Whatever their eventual path and outcomes – I would argue that their impact on Iran, Tunisia & Egypt – and frankly on the way that we as a society communicate now – has rendered them one of the most important technologies of the past decade. That includes me. Nobody knows that. 7 years ago there was no Facebook.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 9, 2013

There used to be a perception that Israeli start-ups had great technology, but were weak at growing sales and marketing and so had to sell out to bigger companies early in their lifecycle, precluding the opportunity to build very valuable companies. A bright future, indeed.'

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

I was born in Iran and I grew up there. Then in 1978, the Iranian Revolution happened, and you know, it was a religious revolution, and the folks who were associated with the Shah or the wealthy families et cetera were not safe and not welcome in Iran. I’ll start with my dad: he went back to Iran to be at his father’s deathbed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

The Office of Foreign Assets Control administers and enforces various economic sanctions programs; you may be familiar with the restrictions and embargoes that are placed on countries such as North Korea or Iran which are designed to put foreign policy pressure on those and other governments.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2010

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more. Here is the official summit page and here is the official White House Press Briefing.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2010

But the technology is clunky and laborious; I know my eyes started to glaze over pretty quickly. Is Technology Weakening Interpersonal Relationships? Four excellent sessions at 11am: - 2009 Iran Election will hopefully settle an ongoing argument I’m having about social media’s true impact on real-world events.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We just had our third week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage). Russian Technology Strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could.

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VC Cafe

JULY 18, 2024

The war against Hamas (and attacks from Iran’s proxies in the north and the south of the country) put this engine of the economy at risk. rounds involving both Israeli and global investors have significantly higher median sizes, rising to $20.5

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. 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.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We just held our fourth sessions of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. 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.

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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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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. Anthony Ha. posted yesterday. View Staff Page. More in Gadgets.

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management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. GM CEO Dan Akerson discusses how the technology behind the Chevy Volt is driving innovation at the automaker. Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Join the Conversation. Most Popular. The PC looks like its dying. Leadership, by Geoff Colvin.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The new economy has brought with it new technologies that have made it one of the greatest times in modern history to consider entrepreneurship. Patrick Bet-David is an entrepreneur, author, visionary and self-made success who emigrated from war-torn Iran to the U.S.

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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. As a Jew who grew up in Germany and moved to Israel in 1999, I find this stoic philosophy Israelis display as one of the country’s key elements of success. Photo Credit: AFP.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Our BHAG is none other than disrupting the healthcare lending industry through technology, originating $1B in healthcare loans in 2021. We run on cutting edge technology, which enables us to serve clients nationally and scale quickly, unlike traditional competitors in the space that still do business by mail and fax.

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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. It is a must have if you’re building a technology product these days. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. It is the town hall. It is “ Speakers’ Corner.”

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