Just finished my fourth major marathon in Berlin. From my buddy Adam: “Ben really soak it in as you run down Unter den Linden. A Jewish American marine running through the Nazi parade grounds. That’s poetry in motion”

Take the train!

I hope the DoD makes good use of all the talent and excitement around “Defense Tech”. This is a moment we can’t squander.

At the risk of being kicked off X and blacklisted from Silicon Valley, I need to directly challenge three of the most influential voices of our age – Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸. Their understanding of fighter aviation is misinformed. In many areas they’re ahead of the

What if we had modern tools like FLIP to track maintenance and readiness ? Hahaha

The Right Stuff - Greatest movie ever. Or 2nd place- Lawerence of Arabia. And 3rd - Without Limits

Are you in defense tech if you didn’t spend your Saturday night reading the latest draft the of the NDAA?

Great to listen to joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸) on Spaces!

Are you really in defense tech if you didn’t watch the SASC committee hearing on Defense innovation and Acquisition reform. armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-re…

Real ones still have their Penance Hall socks

We the people must demand public works that WORK on a reasonable timeline. No excuse can justify this.

Come talk to me about the US Marine Innovation Unit!

What a way to end REINDUSTRIALIZE SUMMIT with a Coca-Cola truck delivering to General Motors.

Vibes and good intentions only get so far- the nitty gritty work is hard!

IPO pops are utter failures of pricing by investment bankers masked in language that is robbing founders and equity holders on behalf of middlemen. Figma should have direct listed.

Ben Jacobson is steaming about the moment of change... closing thoughts from this week's STEAM zone:

Just saying buzz words is meaningless! Expertise, details matter!

I go where Garuth Acharya tells me to!

today i ran an experiment that exposed what i believe to be one of the biggest threats to america right now i attempted to raise funding for a manufacturing company from silicon valley VCs and from PE funds the VC gave me 5 minutes on zoom and said this was "more of a PE deal"

The 50 year overnight success is BACK -- Oracle announces a $300B deal with OpenAI. Old is New, baby! What it means for Big Tech, defense primes, and the AI race? The STEAM Zone crew breaks it down