Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad. It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. to get hard-earned information. The First Class.

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Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 300

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Over the last three years our Lean LaunchPad / NSF Innovation Corps classes have been teaching hundreds of entrepreneurial teams a year how to build their startups by getting out of the building and testing their hypotheses behind their business model. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Today, I want to introduce you to a new concept for starting and growing successful companies: Lean Planning™. Before I dive too deeply into the Lean Planning methodology, it makes sense to talk about its history and where it comes from. Lean Planning is born. At the time, we used Business Plan Pro and Basecamp for this.

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Lean Silicon Valley Forecast Technical Review 147

Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since we taught the first 10 teams in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class. We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. Team Nudge/Dynamo.

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Lean Business Model Agile United States 258

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

I began formulating the key ideas around what became the Lean Startup – that startups and existing companies were distinctly different – companies execute business models while startups search for them. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Here’s how. Build-Measure-Learn.

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Lean Agile Business Model Customer Development 120

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

“We’ve been reading your blog about your Lean Launchpad class.” We want to make a bet that your Lean Launchpad class can apply the scientific method to market-opportunity identification. The Innovation Corps – Using the Lean LaunchPad as an Incubator for Scientists and Engineers. Wow, that’s nice, I thought, a call from a fan.

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Incubator Government Silicon Valley Lean 303

Steve Blank

MAY 10, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This last post – part nine – highlights the final team presentations. Now they were standing in front of us to give their final presentations. The Lean LaunchPad was designed to fill that void. Syllabus is here.

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Lean Business Model Agile Customer Development 281

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Aaron Dignan --who has described himself as "obsessed with organizational adaptivity" --is one of the speakers at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in Las Vegas , where he’ll be talking about How to Reinvent Your Organization. I feel like I do Lean Startup when I'm picking toothpaste. What are my assumptions? Is it chaotic?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Eight teams presented their Lessons Learned presentations. That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 185

Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

We are doubling down on our commitment to partner with a diverse range of facilities across North America, including small, family-owned businesses that need the support. We also run a lean business, with regular budgets and reviews of expenses. Scenario planning, strategic cost management, diversification, flexibility, and agility.

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Entrepreneur North America Employee Retention 124

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We have to present those forces to a warfighting commander. There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service. What is the Space Force Doing Differently in Innovation- With Commercial Partners and Internally?

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Technology United States Iraq Operations 293

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. Heres their description of the event: The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. You can register here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. Steve Blank was very impressed by this presentation and mentioned it when he spoke at TiE on Wed-Sep-19.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today the eight teams presented their Lessons Learned presentations. Because of the embedded presentations this post is best viewed on the website.). This is a first step to a more agile, responsive and resilient, approach to national security in the 21 st century. Then turn your audio back on. See all the H4D posts here.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 178

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 178

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. Did the partner have a good or bad day, etc. What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. The Nine Teams Present. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Channel Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Business Model 221

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

Having a teaching partner makes life a lot easier and the class improves. But it wasn’t until Ann Miura-Ko joined me as a teaching partner that this “teach the model not the plan” idea jelled. After Stanford, Ann joined Mike Maples’ Venture Capital firm Floodgate as a partner. Teaching Team. Guest Speakers.

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Business Model Silicon Valley California Engineer 230

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The year 2021 has presented a lot of business opportunities for us and we have successfully established our workflow and protocols. It's important to keep business agile. A lot of couples, unfortunately, saw the violent side of their dominant partner. Thanks to Wes Marlan, Lighthouse Web Design, Inc ! #2- 2- Scaling up.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Employee Los Angeles 138

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

As companies strive to stay agile and innovative, they’ve discovered that units of 8 to 12 people work best as the natural size of high-performance teams. This fosters high performance and helps the company to present a single face to customers and shareholders. Remember, lean and hungry is always better than fat and comfortable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

If you watch the video/audio below, youll get to see some of the questions I was asked after my presentation. As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. On my brief visit, the results were impressively on display. I was really overwhelmed this time.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development includes four powerful case studies/interviews with successful entrepreneurs who have taken iterative approaches to their respective startups that very much resemble the spirit of Lean Startups and Customer Development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for T he Lean Startup Conference. We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. On the evening of December 8, Ignite Lean Startup kicks off the conference.

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Continuous Deployment Norway Lean Analytics 162

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. The end result is not a PowerPoint slide deck for a VC presentation.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 312

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I assembled this collection of free and almost free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos in the hope that it can make your path as an entrepreneur or educator easier. The Lean LaunchPad course online. agile engineering. Class Syllabi, My Lecture Slides and Student Presentations.

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Open Source Silicon Valley Lean Customer Development 335

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators. A marketing launch can help you get in the door with those partners, if youre having trouble getting their attention. Do some Customer Development instead.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. One last piece of advice: dont forget that potential partners are evaluating the strength of your pitch, not you.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

The classes are built on the Lean Startup methodology: Customer Discovery, Agile Engineering and the Business/Mission Model Canvas. Presenting Your Minimal Viable Product (MVP) Online. It’s what you can show a potential customer/ user/ beneficiary/partner that will get you the most learning at a point in time.

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Customer Business Model Restful Video 415

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

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. Hacking for Diplomacy Lessons Learned presentations are different. Getting Lean.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? It strokes your ego.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, January 2, 2010 Towards a new entrepreneurship When I started writing about the lean startup , my aspiration was to do more than just share a handful of tips and tricks that work for consumer internet startups. This belief led me to the lean startup, and to an amazing 2009.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 122

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. We focus on evidence and trajectory across the business model. Those days are over.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 327

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 6, 2008 When NOT to listen to your users; when NOT to rely on split-tests There are three legs to the lean startup concept: agile product development , low-cost (fast to market) platforms , and rapid-iteration customer development. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. There are lots of good reasons why I can’t have instantaneous access to this data, and each partner has their own.

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