Too much ink has been spilled on defense acquisition reform over the past few decades. In fact, there have been 12 major commissions and panels on the subject since World War II. Critics have been vocal about the failures of acquisition dating to the Revolutionary War.
More than 500 people gathered in Silicon Valley for the first Silicon Valley National Security Hackathon to develop solutions for national security on the eve of the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Shield Capital co-founder Philip Bilden shares how the firm raised four times more than a typical first-time fund and secured commitments from endowments, pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors.