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The Lean LaunchPad Class: It’s the same, but different

Steve Blank

We just finished the 8 th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. As a serial entrepreneur turned educator, this didn’t make sense to me. The class was unique in that it was 1) team-based, 2) experiential, 3) lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). (The Class Velocity/Depth.

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2011

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm excited for 2011, and I want to share some of my plans for the coming year. Sure, when entrepreneurs create startups that grow up into mature companies, they become part of an established industry, with its own ecosystem, norms, partners and best practices. My belief is that the lean startup is that theory. Thank you, 2010.

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The Lean Startup Book Tour

Startup Lessons Learned

Today, September 13, 2011 is launch day ! At 11:45am I'll be honored to share the stage with two great entrepreneurs: Introducing The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries with case studies, Intuit’s Scott Cook and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom And in the evening, the book launch party is also part of Disrupt. You can grab one here.

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Hear how the Lean Startup began — and helped one company find success: Episode 2 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Eric Ries and Jon Sebastiani

Steve Blank

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. Eric was the very first practitioner of my Customer Development methodology which became the core of the the Lean methodology. Taking My Class.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and the same class structure – experiential, hands-on– driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. ” Below are the Lessons Learned presentations from the Lean LaunchPad for deep science and technology, as well as additional learnings from the class. A must-take for entrepreneurs!”

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The Last Lean Startup Bundle: 48 hours to claim $3,000,000 in prizes

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup Book launches in just under a week. People who would never bother with an entrepreneur’s blog, who may not even see themselves as entrepreneurs: shopkeepers and policy makers, CFO’s and private equity managers, and even future entrepreneurs. But there’s no reason we can’t have a little fun along the way.

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