David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

We never seek any rights to give Amex preferential treatment at the time of a potential acquisition. There is a possibility that Amex may explore acquisitions within the Amex Ventures portfolio, but those discussions will be on market terms similar to those with other potential acquirers.”. They used to come in at series B and later.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

government reengineered its approach to building weapons. In a major break from the past, where the military designed all its own weapons, 10,000 scientists and engineers from academia worked in civilian-run weapons labs (most headquartered in universities) in an organization called the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD).

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Kuwait 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

They can do so because most have little legacy organizational baggage, no government overhead, some of the best software talent in the world, cheap manpower costs, no career risk when attempting new unproven feats and ultimately no fear of failure. Terrorists today live on the ‘net and they are all early adopters.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley North Korea Agile Lean 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Unfortunately the class operates much like the military acquisition system: the project specification has minimal input from real world users, the product gets built with a waterfall engineering process, and there’s no input on whether the product actually meets real world needs until the product is delivered. While the U.S.

Silicon Valley 261

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 261

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors. At the end of class two teams were funded by SOCOM (U.S.

Silicon Valley 129

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 129

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors. At the end of class two teams were funded by SOCOM (U.S.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. And we will build a knowledge base of DOD/IC acquisition primers, customer development best practices, org charts, etc. What Surprised Us? What Would We Change?

Agile 120

Agile Security Audio Video 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Unfortunately the class operates much like the military acquisition system: the project specification has minimal input from real world users, the product gets built with a waterfall engineering process, and there’s no input on whether the product actually meets real world needs until the product is delivered. While the U.S.

Silicon Valley 154

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 154

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

While individual VC’s inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC’s, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) But scaling customer acquisition may take the same amount of dollars as a traditional software startup. ). Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital.

Lean 262

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 262

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As a formal method, the Lean Startup consists of three parts: The Business Model Canvas – to frame hypotheses, Customer Development – to test those hypotheses in front of customers, and Agile Engineering – to build Minimum Viable Products to maximize learning. Does legal need to sign off for cyber operations?

Business Model 120

Business Model Revenue Channel Community 120

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

LSC: Tell us about the customer development you did for your book: Alistair: We''ve been thrilled at how Lean Analytics seemed to resonate with founders. As operators of an accelerator—and founders in our own right—Ben and I had constantly struggled with what the “right” numbers are for a business.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency. However, in the 21 st century the Three Horizons model has a fatal flaw that could put companies out of business and government agencies behind their adversaries. Serviceability, maintainability, completeness, scale, etc.

China 300

China Government Russia Acquisition 300

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2010

At the same time its business strategy became operational execution focused on licensing and legal to collect royalties. The acquisition turned out to be a culture clash of titanic proportions, kind of like the irresistible force meets the immovable object, as the great startup founder ran headlong into the excellent operating guy.

Silicon Valley 272

Silicon Valley Cofounder Acquisition Kansas 272

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Southern California 176

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 176

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad. 21 st Century Frogman.

Silicon Valley 191

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 191