Making the Wrong Things Go Faster at The Department of War

Steve Blank Podcast by Steve Blank

Feb 4, 202600:05:46Business

The Department of War (DoW) senior Acquisition leadership (the people who decide what and how the DoW buys equipment and services) now is headed by people from private capital (venture capital and private equity.)

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