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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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Stanley McCrystal on risk taking and military leadership

October 26, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s one of the two factors that Stanley McCrystal finds important in a military leader: … the ability to make a decision with uncertainty. I’ve […]

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Podcast: Leaping the valley of death with Matt Steckman

March 12, 2020 Eric Lofgren 12

Matt Steckman joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss about a wide range of issues facing growth-stage companies in the defense industry. He […]

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Government and the institutional memory of failure

August 15, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I think that large, established organizations operate according to different incentives than start-ups. Large organizations focus on the downside of new initiatives. In the start-up […]

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