We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Unconfined Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the matriculation to 1) give our students an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for More

The Slush Startup Conference takes place every year in mid-winter in Helsinki and is a large gathering of startups, investors and enthusiasts. Furthermore, it is a key factor in the Finnish tech startup ecosystem.Why it matters: Despite being a country with fewer than 6 million inhabitants, Finland surpasses others in More

This vendible previously appeared in War on the Rocks.In the past, headlines well-nigh the Pentagon lightweight its financial audit then would never have unprotected my attention. But having been in the middle of this conversation when I served on one of the Defense Department’s newsy boards, I understand why the More

A CEO running a B-to-B startup in needs to live in the municipality where their merchantry is – or else they’ll never scale.I was having breakfast with Erin, an ex-student, just off a red-eye flight from New York. She’s built a 65-person startup selling enterprise software to the financial services More

This post previously appeared on the readwrite blog. A CEO running a B-to-B startup in needs to live in the municipality where their merchantry is – or else they’ll never scale.I was having breakfast with Erin, an ex-student, just off a red-eye flight from New York. She’s built a 65-person startup More

This post previously appeared in the Harvard Merchantry Review.Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching More