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How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices

Steve Blank

It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office. The DoD buys hundreds of billions of dollars of products and services per year, and nearly all of these purchases are managed by Program Executive Offices. A Program Executive Office may be responsible for a specific program (e.g., How do you get their attention?

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Top Financial Resources for Small Businesses in Northwest Phoenix

The Startup Magazine

The Small Business Administration (SBA) also offers a variety of loan programs, including ones specifically designed for startups. Online lenders and microloan programs can provide faster access to cash, even if your credit history isnt perfect. If your budgets tight, look into free or low-cost tax assistance programs.

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Strategies to Improve Cash Flow Management for Startups

The Startup Magazine

For instance, loyalty programs that offer discounts or perks for repeat purchases encourage customers to return. Strengthening relationships with existing customers is a cost-effective way to ensure consistent cash flow. Startups can focus on delivering exceptional service, personalizing interactions, and rewarding loyalty.

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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

Steve Blank

Last year a set of specific AI apps caught everyone’s attention as AI finally crossed from the era of niche applications to the delivery of transformative and useful tools – Dall-E for creating images from text prompts, Github Copilot as a pair programming assistant, AlphaFold to calculate the shape of proteins, and ChatGPT 3.5

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? That’s why the CTO’s attention is on programming for the earliest stage. What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? What does the role demand? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 5 – Chris Brose

Steve Blank

Before Brose moved into the civilian world at Anduril , he was the staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing all the programs, policies, and resources of the Department of Defense, as well as confirming the Department’s senior civilian and military leaders. Making Change Happen. The DOD admits they have a problem.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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