Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. In July I got a call from Errol Arkilic , a program manager at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the $6.8-billion government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

It made the program I helped start, the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) a permanent part of the nation’s science ecosystem. It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

All of us know in software companies that scrum is the most significant agile methodology for handling software projects. Scrum is a lightweight agile process framework used primarily for managing software development. Design and execution is innovative and experimental. Scrum is a framework that can have a transforming power.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. We could design and manufacture the best systems. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. We could specify requirements, budget and acquire weapons based on a known foe.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. Both companies and government agencies struggle with how to deliver innovation at speed.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

They accomplished their goal, but at a huge, unanticipated cost: the processes and committees they designed ended up strangling innovation. An existing company or government organization is primarily organized for day-to-day execution of its current business processes or mission. There’s a much better way. As the head of the U.S.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Prototype paperless solutions with experts, residents, and the tech sector For the first Paper Census project, the Austin Transportation Department’s Residential Parking Program , ATA reached out to its member companies for volunteers. So the Paper Census team not only delivers designs and digital prototypes for improved forms.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

It made the program I helped start, the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) a permanent part of the nation’s science ecosystem. It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched – Startup Weekend Next. The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

When Harvard started the MBA program there were no graduate-level business textbooks. While MBA programs proliferated during the first half of the 20th century, they focused on teaching management of existing companies. By 1991 there were 57 undergraduate and 22 MBA programs. There were no classes on how to start a business.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. The good news: Entrepreneurship and innovation is being talked about continually in Chile.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Governments adopting the use of the Cloud. In addition to small businesses, cloud adoption by governments has been growing in the Asia region. This migration to the cloud helps to meet their operational needs, as well as to reduce costs and increase agility and efficiency. Content Delivery Networks (CDN) Join the Fray.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2020

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. Will Roper is responsible for spending $60 billion acquiring 550 programs as well as technology and logistics.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. They pay expenses in a formal 3-month program while a startup builds something impressive enough to raise money on a larger scale.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2018

However – agile small businesses who figure this out early could have a major advantage. And it’s not just directed at the government, either. It’s not that they can’t or don’t know how to outsource – 54% of small businesses outsource graphic design and website design. Trust is precious. Back to you.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

In contrast, designing AI-driven enterprise software or building dating apps are comparatively simple problems.) Startups vs. Large Companies vs. Governments Innovation at Speed for Horizon 1, 2 and 3 (Managing the Portfolio across Horizons) What is Systems Thinking? Co mpanies also face Wicked problems.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We have taken time as a community and leadership team to reflect and set short and long-term goals and build programs to support and grow member success over time. 8-Stay agile. 2020 was a year of many lessons, but if I had to pick one takeaway, it would be the importance of agility. Thanks to Calista Redmond, RISC-V !

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

One good example is the way in which we''ve adjusted the length of different phases of our agile sprints. We don''t follow a set agile methodology, but rather follow a more home-grown, minimal version of various approaches. We''ve had to design and implement training programs to help on-board people to our culture and technology.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is critical since the government is moving toward a speedier payment system, which will reduce the time it takes for victims to get compensation. 2- Use of Paycheck Protection Program . Thanks to Oliver Andrews, OA Design Services ! #19- Think of the agility that comes with CAI, etc. Photo Credit: Michael Ziarko.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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. And so this very agile, iterative process of bringing new technologies and prototyping systems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

In a career that has moved from GE to NBC Universal and back to GE, she has brought technological innovation and agile business techniques to two of the US’s biggest legacy corporations. She is also a member of Nike’s Board of Directors and Trustee president of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Seeing Is Believing. The Business Plan is Dead. Berkeley-wide.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

This month we’ve crossed ~ 300 teams in the first two years through the program. It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right. The program pays scientists $50,000 to attend the program and takes no equity. in Science or Nature.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I also owe a great debt to Kent Beck, whose Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change was my first introduction to this kind of thinking. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” The only hard part about it, is to get well-defined problems from sponsors in the local city or government agency that you offer to students. It wasn’t really part of the job as an educator.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. He’s now the CEO/founder of the AI-focussed defense contractor Anduril Industries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Kent, a veteran programmer, a founder of the Agile method and the creator of Extreme Programming, came armed with anecdotes and lessons from his own experience, as well as a few questions for Eric. Nowadays Kent is programming again, this time at Facebook, which he describes: “It''s a laboratory.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad. Support U.S.

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2014

——– The I-Corps program started when the U.S. Their goal was to train University scientists and researchers to use Lean Startup methods (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) to commercialize their science. Following a successful pilot program, the NSF is backing the class with $1.2

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Their R&D groups and contractors had the smartest domain experts who could design and manufacture the best systems. They can crowd-source designs, find components through eBay, fund through PayPal, train using virtual worlds and refine tactics, techniques and procedures using massive on-line gaming. We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

This programming is guaranteed to inspire and recharge. And there's a bit of a sense that digital was a bit sort of the wild west in terms of, oh, it's all about agile and people improvise the method and you can't measure things as well. Some are designed a little bit better than others, but they all have the same functionality.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad. Support U.S.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. 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. Team: TrackID.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 26, 2017

Understand your customer and the existing experience to design for improvement of people’s lives. Implement Agile ! Hybrid Product analytics organization: Central teams for tools, methods, governance. Data governance – hated but necessary: Rules of play. You need to be/stay relevant. Situation changes.

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