Notes from the Frontier

Exploring new frontiers at the intersection of national security and entrepreneurship.

Thanks for joining us for our latest edition of “Notes from the Frontier.” We hope to keep you in the loop on new ventures we are pursuing, highlight our partnerships, and shine a light on the unique and important impact our clients are having at the intersection of national security and entrepreneurship. Each week, we will be rounding up our top social media content and sharing with you what we are reading. 

We hope to inspire you to explore new frontiers and visualize the future of American innovation and discovery.

Week of Monday, August 16th:

Congratulations to Matthew Mendelsohn for being named the Yale Investment Office’s next Chief Investment Officer. His experience with venture capital surely has prepared him to do great things in this new role. We look forward to watching his success!

Read about it here: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1t8xlbynpbkts/Yale-Names-David-Swensen-s-Successor

In the News, we caught up on the latest DoD technology:

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News: The Defense Department has picked ⁦@intel⁩ to diversify designs and increase onshore manufacturing of chips used in DoD electronics and IT systems. Read about it here:

breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.comDoD Picks Intel To Make Chips In US - Breaking DefenseThe contract award is the first phase in the DoD’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial (RAMP-C) program, which is intended to bolster US-based commercial foundries.

For This Week in History, America has completed all military operations in Afghanistan, ending August 30, 2021.

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BREAKING: The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul | @TaraCopp buff.ly/2UZ8zSe

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Quote of the Week:

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”

-Leo Tolstoy

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