Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We just completed the sixth 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 the character and employment of all instruments of national power. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We just completed the eighth 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 the character and employment of all instruments of national power. Today’s class: Cyber.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I’m teaching my first non-lean start up class in a decade at Stanford next week; Technology, Innovation and Modern War : Keeping America’s Edge in an Era of Great Power Competition. New emerging technologies will radically change how countries will be able to fight and deter threats across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.

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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

MAY 18, 2009

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.” Let me know what you think.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)

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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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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Few, if any, successful businesspeople operate in their nation. For instance, the Caribbean nations permit dual nationals to travel to more than 130 nations, such as the UK, the Schengen Area, Hong Kong, China, Russia, and Singapore. This is why dual citizenship is the easiest way out.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. And as we’ve seen in Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Why This Class?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This is potentially a politically sensitive question, but I would say that in parts of the United States people are using technology actively. Having said that you can also find the most narrow-minded people from the U.S – people who talk about wanting to do business in Russia or China without ever visiting these countries.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. If the past is a prologue, they’ll go off to senior roles in defense, policy and to the companies building new disruptive technologies. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. And that has happened to us.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The technology insights and expertise of Stanford Engineering. Silicon Valley’s deep technology ecosystem. Our national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage) is being challenged and effectively negated by autocratic regimes like China and Russia. These classes have been widely adopted , across the U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. Today, the U.S. It is learning and adapting on the fly. The DoD has not done either of these.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? Companies need to be creative and find new business models to take advantage of the shifting makeup of their operating countries’ populations. Explosion in technology. .

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit." Its a particularly good combination both to be good at technology and to face problems that can be solved by it, because technology changes so rapidly that formerly bad ideas often become good without anyone noticing.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

“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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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

For example, Uber took existing technology (smartphone app, drivers) but built a unique business model ( gig economy disrupting taxis) and the Russians used existing social media tools to wage political warfare. Extremely difficult for large companies/government agencies as it is as much a culture/process problem as a technology problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. But then the world changes. It globalizes.

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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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ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2012

On the other hand, operating virtually is no panacea. Operate out of an office space (either your own or shared). Thanks to improvements in broadband and collaboration technology, the ranks of virtual workers are swelling. Also key is finding the right technology to make your project work. Ask the Expert.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. Nevertheless, the East provides countless opportunities covering a wide range of sectors, such as information and communication technology, energy, and finance. Israel is a technologically-advanced market economy.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We just held our sixteenth session 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

MARCH 28, 2009

Now we have ditched the cold war triad in the 21st century since the Soviet Union became Russia again and discovered its own style of capitalism.) Now the Soviets had first hand knowledge of how their air defense systems would work against the nuclear armed B-52G and H models in an operational environment. Then think some more.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. But they also help grow innovation through technology, organization and policy. Smart cities are a new approach to urban development.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

If the business world was a steep cliff and entrepreneurs were rock climbers trying to get to the top, think of modern technologies as the footholds they would use to boost themselves higher and higher. The startup culture is rampant today, especially in emerging national economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2021

This class, Technology, Innovation, and Modern War was designed to give our students insights on how the onslaught of new technologies like AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others has the potential to radically change how countries fight and deter threats. Today the U.S. Today the U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. Instead of rebuilding its WWII forces, the U.S.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 25, 2014

By almost any objective standard, paying into the billions of dollars for businesses with little revenues and/or significant operating losses - as is the case with all the companies mentioned above - is absurd. And a lot more of it comes from massive commodities-driven wealth in places like Russia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2012

Small business owners often dream of expansion, growth and enhanced profitability; those strategic moves and timely tweaks that catapult their operation to the next level of success. But in this new world order of growth and expansion, you can no longer devote the majority of your time to managing day-to-day operations.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

I see more entrepreneurs today than before and a higher velocity of technology innovation. 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. When we are concentrating our eyes narrow. When we are taken by surprise our eyes widen.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 15, 2017

In July, I sat down The Falkes Group, organizers of the annual Women’s Private Equity Summit in Half Moon Bay, to talk about my fund, and how I got interested in investing in bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2013.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We just held our twelfth session 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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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

My grandparents were forced from Russia. But this is not a standard operating procedure. I mean when you go back over the last 50 years and you look at the greatest technological achievements, most of them came from this country. Wars have been fought. It's either leave or die. My dad and my uncles fought in the World Wars.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I have been in and around technology for over ten years. So that’s the big one, obviously, with the geopolitical tensions, not just Russia and Ukraine. And a lot of times, there are technological underpinnings.

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