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

Steve Blank

The class was unique in that it was 1) team-based, 2) experiential, 3) lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). When we started this class, the concept of Lean (business models, customer development, agile, pivots, mvp’s) was new to everyone. Class Velocity/Depth.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

And I think how you think about that, whether you're a restaurant owner that didn't invest in curbside pickup, what can you do to, I'll call it, hack it or in an agile mindset, how do you think about bringing a way to be able to do curbside and do that well, and not just rely on the delivery folks to be able to support you? Go get them.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. KPI’s and processes are the root cause of corporations’ inability to be agile and responsive innovators.

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Four New Types of CIO for the Future

www.readwriteweb.com

Past failures of enterprise technology to live up to its promises and ITs lack of agility caused by legacy technology have decreased the influence of the CIO, explained R "Ray" Wang in a piece for Forbes last year. The global recession, the consumerization of IT, the great cloud migration and other factors are changing the role of the CIO.

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc. What does it take to get from that demo into your engineering group, to be delivered as a product into your existing sales channel?

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. Since email is so important as an acquisition channel (and since likely nothing else works for them), I choose one of my three favorite email marketing metrics , CTDR. A quick best practice.

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