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Podcast: Revamping the way we think about defense with Steve Blank

June 15, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

Steve Blank joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the urgency of defense innovation in a world of authoritarian peer competitors. Steve is […]

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Tech transition still hard for defense establishment to imagine

March 4, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

It’s never been easier to get a small contract. There’s pitch days, their DIU, there AFWERX. That’s not the challenge. The challenge is, how do […]

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Why have America’s best technologists and investors turned away from defense?

February 13, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

When the Cold War ended, there were 107 major defense firms. By the end of the 1990s, there were five. And since then, the middle […]

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Why aren’t investors interested in defense?

September 23, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

II think many of the policies that we have around small business have been focused on what I’d consider to be social justice more than […]

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