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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. In exchange the sponsors got access to fresh ideas, new technology and a new perspective on serious problems.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

That data is completely consonant with the people I know who are successful technologists today, and similar patterns are documented in each recent wave of technology innovation. When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. In exchange the sponsors got access to fresh ideas, new technology and a new perspective on serious problems.