Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Compounding this problem of multiple new technologies is today’s reality that the DOD is facing multiple adversaries.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 21, 2018

North Korea has been on my mind lately (fathom that), although I had bought this book a few years ago after Eric Schmidt’s trip to in North Korea. I scanned my shelves of unread books, picked four that I thought varied widely, and dug in. I started with Architectural and Cultural Guide Pyongyang.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Rare recount of escaping North Korea – [link]. Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. Pew Study: Americans Abandoning News Outlets, Citing Lower Quality | Forbes – [link]. Honest logos | Webdesigner Depot – [link]. – [link].

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2018

Because Iran, North Korea, drug cartels, tax evaders, and money launderers are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions, bank laws, taxes, and pretty much violate every lawful economic law on the books. They are already starting to do so, in China and South Korea, and the impact of this on Bitcoin value is just beginning.

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Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

There are a good number of hackers lurking in cyberspace that have the backing of their governments —namely in China, North Korea, and Russia. Not long after the attacks from Russia, North Korean hackers also used malware as a lure to inform people about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Compounding this problem of multiple new technologies is today’s reality that the DOD is facing multiple adversaries.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

I’m not talking about jumping out of airplanes or crossing the border into North Korea. That’s how I’d describe myself. I see challenges as gifts to help me grow, and I won’t hesitate to take a risk. The things I do are fearless on another level.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 2, 2020

A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea ** ( my write up ). Oh, and if you were wondering, here were some of my favorites from 2018: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years ** ( my write up ). Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics ** ( my write up ).

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 31, 2018

A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea ** ( my write up ). Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years ** ( my write up ). Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics ** ( my write up ). Great by Choice ** ( my write up ).

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Growthink Blog

JULY 8, 2013

In other words, to suffer for just one week like the terribly poor, extraordinarily unfortunate and very marketplace mystique - deprived people of North Korea must unconsciously suffer through every day of their lives. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

North Korea. (During the Cold War we used asymmetric technologies in silicon and software to disrupt the Soviet Union’s lead in conventional weapons.) Yet in the last decade the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community are now facing their own disruption from ISIS. DF-21 and Islands in the South China Sea.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. From Wikipedia we learn that Diplomacy comes from the greek word “???????,”

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The brutal life that so many around the world are subjected to, and specifically in this book the focus is on those in North Korea, is hard to fathom. Heartbreaking is a theme so far, and this book is just as crushing as the first two. How can people treat other human beings like this? Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon.

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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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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 9, 2012

In other words, to suffer for just one week like the terribly poor, extraordinarily unfortunate and very marketplace mystique - deprived people of North Korea must unconsciously suffer through every day of their lives. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The teapot dictators in Iran and North Korea may get all the ink, but it is the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian technocrats with their quiet defense of free markets and trade that make hay. Growing Globally Has Never Been Easier.

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Transformify

JANUARY 21, 2020

The entire invoicing and payments process is managed by the freelance platform which includes payment transfers to any bank account all over the world (although there are some restricted countries like Cuba, North Korea, Iran, etc.).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2014

North Korea says huh, what, wait, it wasn’t us and seeks a joint probe with US on Sony hack (yeah – like that is going to happen.) Let’s start with the FBI’s Update on Sony Investigation followed by Obama Vow[ing] a Response to Cyberattack on Sony. Now it starts getting really interesting.

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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 ). North Korea has robust and expanding nuclear weapons program with 10-40 nuclear weapons.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. But ultimately, governments and companies figured out how to master the new technology and individuals lost, as the power of the state, and power of profit, controlled the new media. The same is true for the Internet.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2019

Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s CEO, was fired because he created an extreme company culture — described by Der Spiegel as “North Korea without labor camps” — that drove employees to create and install illegal software that cheated on vehicle emissions tests. And there can be a dark side.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

How do you drop those on North Korea? . Blinken : We found that defectors getting out of North Korea have much greater access than we thought to technology, much of it coming in from China. Steve : Facebook, Twitter messenger, Instagram, etc., are 21 st -century versions of that but it assumes you have smartphones.

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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. For the first time in a century, the United States is no longer guaranteed to win the next war.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Next, we introduced the National Defense Strategy (NDS) which describes how the military supports the overall National strategy.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Next, we introduced the National Defense Strategy (NDS) which describes how the military supports the overall National strategy.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2018

But my guess is that not much will change, the outrage will move onto something else (hey – what happened to North Korea?), And lots of talking heads and discussion about what needs to be done. We might even have hearings in Congress.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: December 8, 2017 This post is not about Roy Moore, North Korea, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, massive California wildfires, Harvey Weinstein, Robert Mueller, Travis Kalanick, Ajit Pai, ISIS, LeVar Ball, Al Franken, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Goodell, Jerry Jones, Janet Porter or Mark Zuckerberg.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 17, 2019

A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea ( my write up ) – Wow. Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics ( my write up ) – I’m mildly obsessed with Bobby Kennedy and what happened in 1968…and how our country was forever changed.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2014

Elect me president and North Korea will experience the worst traffic jam you''ve ever seen.". If you''d rather someone build coalitions by agreeing to spend money on other people''s pork projects, then I''ll never be your guy. Did we cause a traffic jam? You bet your ass we did. Am I sorry for it? Not one bit.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2018

In North Korea, there are already signs that the bitcoin is being used, both in the capital, in Phenian, but also in cities along the border with China, such as Sakchu and Sinuiju, known for a large number of Chinese traffickers. In such places, the bitcoin can mean a minimum of freedom or the beginning of a rebellion.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

You know, you’ve got North Korea over here, and you’ve got the U.S. So I think what’s interesting to me about social media is that the big, big, big social media players, and I’m thinking Google, Facebook, Twitter, arguably Snapchat, are all islands. John Jantsch: Mm-hmm (affirmative).

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Historically, election interference has been a costly and challenging endeavour, typically orchestrated by rogue states like Russia, China, and North Korea. Considering this evolving reality, along with the apparent legislative apathy, it’s crucial that we understand the redefined landscape of politics in the AI era.

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