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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. However, there’s a growing belief that the “design preferences” of Chinese consumers are just bad design. Perhaps products like WeChat , designed for an international market, might be the beginning of real innovation.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. However, there’s a growing belief that the “design preferences” of Chinese consumers are just bad design. Perhaps products like WeChat , designed for an international market, might be the beginning of real innovation.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 10 – The DOD and Modern War –– Michèle Flournoy

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. She served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012.

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Tesla and Adobe: Why Continuous Deployment May Mean Continuous Customer Disappointment

Steve Blank

Then engineering develops a functional specification and designs the product. As the press speculated about new features, companies added to the mystique by guarding the new designs with military secrecy. There are no model years to differentiate a Tesla Model S built in 2012 from one built this year.

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Making a Dent in the Universe – Results from the NSF I-Corps

Steve Blank

We’ve taught two cohorts: 21 teams ending in December 2011 , and 24 teams ending in May 2012. In July 2012 we’ll teach 50 more teams, and another 50 in October. Few of the Principal Investigators or Entrepreneurial Leads had startup experience, and few of the mentors were familiar with Business Model design or Customer Development.

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Impact! NYU Scales the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Some of these were brand new classes while others adapted existing business, design and engineering curricula to utilize the Lean approach. Spread it Widely.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 24: Drew Silverstein and Craig Kanarick

Steve Blank

Craig Kanarick ’s career has integrated digital technology, design and strategy. At the Rockwell Group, the architecture and design firm, he co-founded Studio Red and the Lab , an incubator for integrating digital technology into physical spaces. He founded Mouth in 2012. In fact, usually they’re not going well.