Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. He was a past Director, Plans and Operations, for Cyber Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Today’s class: Cyber.

Technology 349

Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 349

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. Click fraud can be extremely unsettling for well-to-do publishers and advertisers on search,’ says Grayson Kemper , Content & Editorial Manager for Clutch , “particularly during a time when many businesses are operating with an incredibly tight budget.”.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network. Some startups are more interested in mentorship and network than they are in money. Network and talk to people. Use your network #1: do you know someone who we may know and respect (eg.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Today there is a national network of 40 colleges and universities teaching Hacking for Defense. We’ve created a network of entrepreneurial students who understand the security threats facing the country and engaged them in partnership with islands of innovation in the DOD/IC.

Artificial Inteligence 379

Artificial Inteligence Technology North Korea Asia 379

VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M). MyHeritage – Family tree based social network (Raised $49M). Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M).

Israel 60

Israel Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PC’s and switched to typewriters. Yet the one company’s name that hasn’t come up as part of the surveillance network is Intel. You’d be invisible to all rootkit detection techniques that checks the operating system. George Orwell. What do they know what we don’t?

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Russia Security Customer Development 335

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

If you wonder how to pick your next launch country first, see my earlier post here. ** One of the most important decisions any company of any size will make is how it will successfully launch operations in a new country (the following applies to launching in new cities or states within an existing country).

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree. 14 ] I once explained this to some founders who had recently arrived from Russia. Growth, again.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

For example, building a broad network of allies gives you more options and more opportunities to be lucky. Napoleon failed in Russia because his supply chains failed during the frigid Russian winter. Another area in which I learned lessons from Star Fleet Battles is the importance of operational security and deception.

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Silicon Valley Russia Germany 69

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Mark has been at the forefront of providing job stability and funding for his own employees and the networks that support them during the pandemic. Create local network effects and then go from there. We were one of the very first local area network and wide area network integrators. during S&L crisis. (36:43)

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Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

Technology usage is no longer on the fringe, it is part of most people’s daily life, be it in India, Russia, Abu Dhabhi or Silicon Valley. Focus is key to successful execution and is why visionary founders with great ideas are often paired with more operational leaders. When we are concentrating our eyes narrow.

Rwanda 79

Rwanda Entrepreneur Advisory Board New Jersey 79

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.

Technology 419

Technology Artificial Inteligence North Korea Russia 419

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2013

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Operations in another country. Investors in one country are generally reluctant to invest in a company outside their realm of operational knowledge. These include food service, retail, consulting, work at home, and telemarketing.

Russia 272

Russia Startup Software Review Government 272

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2011

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Operations in another country. Investors in one country are generally reluctant to invest in a company outside their realm of operational knowledge. These include food service, retail, consulting, work at home, and telemarketing.

Russia 243

Russia Startup Software Review Government 243

www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. 114 submissions and a professional logo in less than a week. Total cost: $5000.

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Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

Gust

JANUARY 6, 2013

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Operations in another country. Investors in one country are generally reluctant to invest in a company outside their realm of operational knowledge. These include food service, retail, consulting, work at home, and telemarketing.

Russia 186

Russia Startup Software Review Government 186

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

You communicate, interact and network with each other in a way that’s unique in the history of our species. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. What kind of skills will you need to operate in a world of real and fake manufactured data coming from friends?

North Korea 285

North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 285

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Operations in another country. Investors in one country are generally reluctant to invest in a company outside their realm of operational knowledge. These include food service, retail, consulting, work at home, and telemarketing.

Startup 224

Startup Russia Government Social Network 224

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

There are literally hundreds of platforms currently operating that connect investors and startups, and there have been at least a hundred others that have come and gone. ” With that in mind… No: It’s a similar situation in the entrepreneurial funding space.

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Accredited Investor Portugal 107

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 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. You’ve got a resident power with a huge set network of capabilities. How Should the DoD Spend Smarter?

Technology 344

Technology China United States Government 344

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Thats what happens when a critical mass of individuals, personally empowered by AI, begin to operate at levels that compound through society. President Reagan announced that whenever GPS became fully operational, the United States would also make it available for civilian use. In the hope of averting similar catastrophes, U.S.

Global 36

Global ChatGPT Technical Review Government 36

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.

Social Media 28

Social Media Media United States Social Network 28

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. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality.

Russia 356

Russia North Korea Technology China 356

The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2018

Also for a good relationship with the authorities, the state must receive its “lion’s share” The more companies operate legally, the better it is for bitcoin. The blockchain network exists, and the cryptocurrency technology has been made public. Yes, the bitcoin can be banned at the state level.

Government 72

Government North Korea China Technology 72

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine. Another startup is providing a resilient, mesh local area network for secure tactical communications supporting ground units. government satellite in orbit.

Ukraine 325

Ukraine China Private Equity Russia 325

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. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality.

Russia 133

Russia North Korea Technology China 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. Jeffrey Edmonds, Samuel Bendett, Anya Fink, et al., “ Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy in Russia ” CNA – Center for Naval Analysis.

Artificial Inteligence 396

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technology Russia 396

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The incoming Trump administration has a historic, once-in-a-century opportunity to do something similar today and give the United States a stream of advanced capabilities and weapons that will allow the United States to deter Russia and China or — failing that — defeat them in a war. Here’s how.

Russia 293

Russia China North Korea United States 293

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210