About The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth is the newsletter for the Army Venture Capital Corporation, the venture arm of the Department of Defense. We publish once or twice a month to tell you about the latest geopolitical / defense innovation / venture capital news. Here you will find ways you can get involved in the national mission and will learn about the companies and the people driving our national security forward.
In addition to our own writings, we will share exclusive insights and opinions from the nation’s leading national security and venture capital experts.
“With a labyrinth, you make a choice, and once you’ve chosen around and around you go, but you always find your way to the center” -Jeff Bridges
About Army Venture Capital
The Army Venture Capital Corporation was brought to life by an act of Congress in 2003 to serve as the venture capital arm of the Department of Defense. Our mission is to accelerate commercial innovation from idea to action. We believe that a strong America leads to a more peaceful and prosperous world and that one of our greatest strengths is our entrepreneurial technology community.
Labyrinths Not Mazes
Labyrinths and mazes are often treated as synonymous in common usage but they are actually quite different structures. A true labyrinth is unicursal meaning that there is one opening which serves as both entrance and exit and only a single path to follow to the center. The path is winding and may be hard but as long as the pilgrim continues forward, they will reach the center and will find their way home. Mazes are multicursal with many potential branching path’s and no guarantee of a successful outcome.
We believe that no matter how intractable a problem may seem at first, or second or third glance, most problems are labyrinths, not mazes. Failure only comes if you abandon the journey. Nobody knows what the center of the labyrinth holds and nobody knows who you will be once you exit the labyrinth but we do know that so long as you have the wherewithal to make it to the center, you will have learned something vital.
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