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With Ukraine, is it time for a defense batch at YC?

8 points|killjoywashere|3 years ago|6 comments

With a lot of people flying Ukraine flags, I just wanted to pose the question. I worry whether the leaders of Silicon Valley will remember its roots (1) or prefer to let the world become a more dangerous place through a policy of splendid isolation (term borrowed from British diplomats and MIT electrical engineer Vannevar Bush, 2,3).

(1) https://steveblank.com/secret-history/

(2) Not the best link, but I can't find the essay online outside a paywalls: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/bush11642-012/html

(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation

"Secret" History of Silicon Valley (2008)(https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

188 points|cushychicken|5 years ago|48 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley (2009)(https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

140 points|mathattack|7 years ago|42 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley (2010)(http://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

132 points|rbanffy|10 years ago|44 comments

When Kodak and Polaroid went to war (https://steveblank.com/2024/05/16/secret-history-when-kodak-went-to-war-with-polaroid/)

116 points|sblank|11 months ago|41 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II Movie was Wrong (http://steveblank.com/2009/04/27/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vi-the-secret-life-of-fred-terman-and-stanford/)

81 points|wyday|16 years ago|21 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley (http://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

55 points|krn|14 years ago|10 comments

Silicon Valley weapons system117l and corona (2010)(https://steveblank.com/2010/01/18/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-14-weapons-system-117l-and-corona/)

45 points|sblank|1 year ago|6 comments

Lockheed, the Startup with Nuclear Missiles (http://steveblank.com/2010/01/07/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-13-lockheed-the-startup-with-nuclear-missiles/)

29 points|stakent|15 years ago|1 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VIII: The Rise of Entrepreneurship (http://steveblank.com/2009/08/06/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-viii-the-rise-of-entreprenuership/)

27 points|peter123|16 years ago|3 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday Silicon Valley (http://steveblank.com/2009/04/20/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-v-happy-100th-birthday-silicon-valley/)

18 points|terpua|16 years ago|3 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 14: Weapons System 117L and Corona (http://steveblank.com/2010/01/18/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-14-weapons-system-117l-and-corona/)

18 points|stakent|15 years ago|1 comments

The Rise of “Risk Capital” (http://steveblank.com/2009/10/26/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-11-the-rise-of-%E2%80%9Crisk-capital%E2%80%9D-part-1/)

14 points|peter123|15 years ago|0 comments

Entrepreneurship in Microwave Valley (http://steveblank.com/2009/08/10/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-ix-entrepreneurship-in-microwave-valley/)

12 points|peter123|16 years ago|0 comments

The Rise of “Risk Capital” Part 2 (http://steveblank.com/2009/10/29/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-12-the-rise-of-“risk-capital”-part-2/)

7 points|prakash|15 years ago|1 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley 7: We Fought a War You Never Heard Of (http://steveblank.com/2009/08/03/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vii-we-fought-a-war-you-never-heard-of/)

7 points|prakash|16 years ago|0 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley (http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/)

6 points|helwr|15 years ago|0 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley (http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/)

5 points|bootload|16 years ago|1 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 15 (http://steveblank.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-15-agena-the-secret-space-truck-ferret%E2%80%99s-and-stanford/)

5 points|nathanh|15 years ago|0 comments

Silicon Valley's Secret History (Foundations in Defense and Intelligence) (2010)(https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

4 points|guerrilla|3 years ago|1 comments

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of "Risk Capital" Part 2 (http://steveblank.com/2009/10/29/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-12-the-rise-of-%E2%80%9Crisk-capital%E2%80%9D-part-2/)

4 points|amackera|15 years ago|0 comments

Silicon Valley's Secret History (Foundations in Defense and Intelligence) (2010)(https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

3 points|guerrilla|3 years ago|1 comments

Silicon Valley and World War II (2009)(https://steveblank.com/2009/04/27/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vi-the-secret-life-of-fred-terman-and-stanford/)

3 points|systemvoltage|4 years ago|0 comments

Steve Blank the Secret History of Silicon Valley (https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

3 points|Anon84|5 years ago|0 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley: The Secret Space Truck, Ferrets and Stanford (http://steveblank.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-15-agena-the-secret-space-truck-ferret%e2%80%99s-and-stanford/)

3 points|icey|15 years ago|0 comments

Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid (https://steveblank.com/2024/05/16/secret-history-when-kodak-went-to-war-with-polaroid/)

2 points|Brajeshwar|11 months ago|0 comments

Silicon Valley (https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

2 points|guerrilla|2 years ago|0 comments

Secret History of Silicon Valley (https://steveblank.com/secret-history/)

2 points|simonebrunozzi|3 years ago|0 comments

Fred Terman and Electronic Warfare During WWII (https://steveblank.com/2009/04/27/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vi-the-secret-life-of-fred-terman-and-stanford/)

2 points|oliv__|8 years ago|0 comments

Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location (http://steveblank.com/2009/04/13/story-behind-“the-secret-history”-part-iv-undisclosed-location-library-hours/)

1 points|wyday|16 years ago|0 comments