Starlink, Ukraine, and the challenges of a market economy going to war
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
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 […]
Podcast: Leaping the valley of death with Matt Steckman
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 […]
Government and the institutional memory of failure
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 […]