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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?

Steve Blank

For medical devices it might be mechanical engineering, clinical trials, regulatory approval, freedom to operate (intellectual property) and figuring out a reimbursement strategy. Therefore the ideal medical device team might be a physician; engineer; operator; business development/financial analyst.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. Hypotheses about Intellectual Property, Reimbursement, Regulation and Clinical Trials found on the left side of canvas are as, or more important than those on the right side of the canvas.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

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. We just held our sixteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

For the last 75 years computers (we’ll call these classic computers) have both shrunk to pocket size (iPhones) and grown to the size of warehouses (cloud data centers), yet they all continued to operate essentially the same way. This can improve indications and warnings for military operations and active cyber defense.

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7 Key Ingredients to Address the Challenge of Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Business agility can also be improved by proactively looking ahead – for new trends and technologies that will likely attract competitors and customers. Do your homework privately to assess realistic value, intellectual property, and build relationships. Optimize your ability to react. Avoid stock deals, and pay with cash.

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The Firewall Is Dead – What Can Businesses Do To Protect And Secure Their Brands?

YoungUpstarts

Agile businesses have moved to the cloud because of its scalability, efficiency and reliability, amongst other benefits. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. So what can organizations do?

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Qualcomm’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – Lessons Learned (Part 2)

Steve Blank

It’s hard to get ideas outside of a company’s current business model get traction (given that the projects have to get buy-in from operating execs) – encouraging spin-offs is a tactic worth considering to keep the ideas flowing. The result was that we couldn’t find internal homes for what would have been great projects or spinouts.