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Starlink, Ukraine, and the challenges of a market economy going to war

October 20, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Around 20,000 Starlink satellite units have been donated to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, playing an important role in battlefield communication for Kyiv’s […]

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Podcast: What’s the price of an AI/ML product?

July 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

As firms are finding out, the unit economics of AI/ML is not exactly like software. It requires more manual manipulation of data than one might […]

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JADC2 requires budget flexibility, LTG Dennis Crall says

May 4, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

We live with a set of acquisition rules as far as pace goes that probably fit the Cold War era very well. When you look […]

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On the question of planning in agile development

January 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

There are many misconceptions organizations fall prey to as they move from traditional predictive project management practices to agile product delivery practices. Some of these […]

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The meaning of competition: a guided reading (part I)

January 9, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

This is part one in a three part guided reading of Friedrich Hayek’s classic paper, The Meaning of Competition. Let’s jump right into it…

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