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“Unit X is a book by people who were doing the things that they describe. So Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, the authors, ran Unit X, which was a specially set up unit of the Pentagon that was going to take ideas from Silicon Valley that could be useful for defense purposes. They were brought in to revive it, after the original team started to struggle…it’s a fascinating book because it makes you think about the value of these companies and what the crossover is between money making and war making, which is one of the things that they have to broker. How do we make sure that we are harnessing the innate desire of startups to make money to a wider strategic effort?” Read more...
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