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One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When

We kicked off our 9th year of Hacking for Defense® (H4D) at Stanford this week. Eight exceptionally talented, motivated, and diverse student teams

In 2023 China flying a “spy balloon” over the U.S. created an international incident.

It turns out the U.S. did the same to the Soviet Union

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By the early 1960’s Lockheed Missiles Division in Sunnyvale was quickly becoming the

Are startups still founded by people with a passion for creating something new? Or has the motivation changed to accruing the biggest pile

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The Soviet Union’s detonation of an atomic weapon in 1949 and the start

Here's a look at the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security

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In 1956 Hewlett Packard, back then a maker of test equipment was the

Disappointed to share our application for a Defense Technology club at Stanford University Graduate School of Business was officially denied.

The application was voted

As a Titan IIID rocket blasted off, it carried a spacecraft on top that would change everything about how intelligence from space was

Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an

Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how

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Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor

More on the rise of "risk capital" and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley in the next installment

My series on the Secret History of Silicon Valley continues with a look at the rise of "risk capital" and how it came

Next in my series, The Secret History of Silicon Valley, Stanford University Crosses the Rubicon. https://bit.ly/3sANkH9

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What entrepreneurs should know about operating in regulated markets.

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Next in my Secret History of Silicon Valley series: The Korean War catapulted Stanford’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) into a major player in electronic intelligence

Next in the Secret History of Silicon Valley series: How 1950s microwave tube startups, funded by military contracts, helped build Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial

Next in the Secret History of Silicon Valley: The untold story of how one professor returning from one war decides to enlist Stanford