Adm Norman leaves a warning on CDR that the actions being taken to be ready for combat within the next few months, at most 2-3 years are inadequate. He sees the whole system nibbling at the problem rather than taking the decisive action required.
Much like how shell hunger always manages to surprise combatant nations soon after the balloon goes up, there's a long history of nations sleepwalking towards war placidly secure in the certainty of their domestic schedules and the inescapability of their strategic assumptions.
VC's are much better than direct government investment. With VCs, they are interested in and measure on outcomes.
When a government invests directly in a business, the business partially transforms to government advocacy which, many times, will take the focus away from what they do. VC preserves the focus. I've seen it first hand.
I’ve dealt with a number of industry VC funds, and I’m not generally a fan of them.
From the perspective of the company being invested in it can be limiting. The investor gets the advantage of essentially owning part of its supply chain. The company being invested in is now, justifiably, perceived by competitors as part of that company.
That means partnering with Sea Span likely means selling to Davie or Irving is going to get harder.
Adm Norman leaves a warning on CDR that the actions being taken to be ready for combat within the next few months, at most 2-3 years are inadequate. He sees the whole system nibbling at the problem rather than taking the decisive action required.
Much like how shell hunger always manages to surprise combatant nations soon after the balloon goes up, there's a long history of nations sleepwalking towards war placidly secure in the certainty of their domestic schedules and the inescapability of their strategic assumptions.
VC's are much better than direct government investment. With VCs, they are interested in and measure on outcomes.
When a government invests directly in a business, the business partially transforms to government advocacy which, many times, will take the focus away from what they do. VC preserves the focus. I've seen it first hand.
I’ve dealt with a number of industry VC funds, and I’m not generally a fan of them.
From the perspective of the company being invested in it can be limiting. The investor gets the advantage of essentially owning part of its supply chain. The company being invested in is now, justifiably, perceived by competitors as part of that company.
That means partnering with Sea Span likely means selling to Davie or Irving is going to get harder.