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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

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 need a separate command for the same reason that we need cyber or special operations as a separate command.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Mr. Vukajlovic has two kids and lives with his family in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As a true pioneer of the circular economy movement, Claudia is Technical Panel Member for UL STP3600 Standards, the standards for the Circular Economy and the metrics, processes, and procedures for the circularity of materials and operations. In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills.

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It’s Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission

Both Sides of the Table

But there was tons of client demand in Europe for Internet projects and very few people with real experience and so my senior partner in the London office was talking about 3 or 4 projects he was considering me for in Europe. He told me that he was leading the project globally and gave me the name of the lead Japanese partner.

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Megaupload and the Future of Multi-tenant Services

Feld Thoughts

This is a draft post by Dave Jilk, a long time friend, business partner, and CEO of Standing Cloud. While I was in Iceland a few weeks ago, there was a set of discussions driven by Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures about trying to make Iceland and “Internet Neutrality Zone” similar to Switzerland and banking.

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Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley – Going to Where the Action Is

Steve Blank

Other companies operating in small markets with little R&D resources in their home country (ABB, Novartis and Hoffmann-La Roche in Switzerland, Philips in the Netherlands and Ericsson in Sweden) pursued R&D outside their home country by necessity. Respond means, Invent, Invest, Incubate, Acquire or Partner.

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Dealing With The Most Difficult People And Conversations At Work

YoungUpstarts

Breaking up with a business partner, firing that nasty client, or standing up and charging your worth, these are high stake actions. Step #1: Ask your conversation partner: “Where are you at right now?” Then listen carefully and find out where you conversation partner is right now. Give emotions their proper place.