Steve Blank

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

But the 2013 Snowden revelations damaged that tenuous relationship yet again. Without a clear explanation of why this had been done, startups, which were already being funded by ever-increasing pools of venture capital, abandoned cooperation with the Defense Department and focused on high returns on social media and commercial applications.

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When Product Features Disappear – Amazon, Apple and Tesla and the Troubled Future for 21st Century Consumers

Steve Blank

For software, gone are the days of having to buy a new version of physical media (disks or CD’s.) In July 2013 Google completely redesigned Google Maps – and users discovered that on their desktop/laptop, the new product was slower than the one it replaced and features that were previously available disappeared.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro. She came to the GSA as a Presidential Innovation Fellow in 2013, where she worked on the development of MyUSA.gov. Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.:

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

Comfort features evolved as well: climate control – first heat, later air-conditioning; and entertainment – AM radio, FM radio, 8-track tape, CD’s, and today streaming media. This feature was finally required in 2013. Media/entertainment systems. In the last decade GPS-driven navigation systems began to appear.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

The existing winter quarter of the class remains the same as we taught for the last 10 years – taking all students’ projects – e-commerce, social media, web, and mobile apps. 2013 Instructors : Ann Miura-ko, Jon Feiber. In addition to myself the teaching team has been: 2011 Instructors : Ann Miura-ko, Jon Feiber.

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