Michael Brown: Getting Defense Spending Up to Speed
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Michael Brown recently finished his term as director of the Defense Innovation Unit, a DoD organization focused on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology by the military.
Auren and Michael go in depth on defense spending and discuss how to reform the budget process. Michael outlines the challenges of buying commercial technology for the military and offers some advice for startups looking to work with the government. They also discuss how new technologies are being used in the war in Ukraine and what the government can do to hire more innovative people.
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You can find Auren Hoffman on Twitter at @auren and Michael on LinkedIn at @michaelabrownceo.
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