Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

For all its flaws, America is still a beacon of liberty and justice. Each year I teach hundreds of students from around the world who come to America to pursue their version of this same dream. We try our best to give back to our community and country and always wonder – is it enough?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 23, 2010

We spent two days of analyzing and exploring their customer discovery visits just completed across South America, Africa and Asia. Their copies of the Four Steps were dog-eared and marked with sticky notes. Learning which hypotheses survived these visits were eye-openers for all of us.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2016

I simply wasn’t happy in corporate America. Working in corporate America, he gained enormous experience that serves him today, he says, but his heart wasn’t in working for others. I was a square peg in a round hole and needed to be someplace where I could think creatively. You can’t rely on anybody else. . I didn’t fit.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Back in MacArthur’s day, fighting a conventional conflict akin to the wars America experienced in the 20th century was certainly not expected to be easy. You stand as the Nation’s war-guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict.”.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

When I told her they not only didn’t want it back, but were trying to see if they could give me more for my next company, she paused for a long while and then said in a very Russian accent, “Only in America are the streets paved with gold.” It was a long way from Ellis Island.)

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week the White House announced Startup America , a public/private initiative to accelerate accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship in the U.S. Startup America is a mashup of very smart programs by very smart people but not a strategy. I got a call from a recruiter looking for a CEO for the Startup America Partnership.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

TechStars and Startup America are partnering to provide mentors in the U.S. The class is organized, led and delivered by Startup Weekend , the global non-profit that teaches entrepreneurs how to launch a startup in 54 hours. They don’t ask for equity and charge just enough to cover the costs of pizza and the room rental. Sign up here.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In 2009, Don and Sean won a Service to America Medal. Intellipedia helped show the way for many other “Web 2.0” initiatives across the Federal Government; Don established many of the core principles for how the Intelligence Community uses Intellipedia.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions. National Service.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Back in MacArthur’s day, fighting a conventional conflict akin to the wars America experienced in the 20th century was certainly not expected to be easy. You stand as the Nation’s war-guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict.”.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

International: Success and Challenges of Lean Innovation and Customer Discovery in Europe and Asia [and South America? Lean Innovation in the Enterprise, Not-for-Profit and Government – what’s different. Australia?]. What’s next for Lean and entrepreneurial education. and much more…. Agenda is below. Register here. See you there !

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The Professor can go home to America, but can not go from here to Russia.” After rapid-fire begging in Russian, a phone finally call got a functionary out to basically shoo us away. “Visa processing takes two weeks, and that would start Monday, since the visa office is now closed.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hershey plans to operate Krave as a standalone business within its Hershey North America division. It was Krave’s first national stocking order. Krave generated ~ $35 million in net sales over the last 12 months. Jon Sebastiani will continue to lead the business as President of Krave. Congratulations to Jon Sebastiani for ignoring the rules!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The car had become part of your personal identity while it became a symbol of 20 th Century America. Each had its particular cachet, status and admirers. People had heated arguments about who made the best brand. After Sloan took over General Motors its share of U.S were made by GM.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions. National Service.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Angels In America. Why do we need to wait a month to six weeks to see progress? Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. better user growth.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Angels In America. Why do we need to wait a month to six weeks to see progress? Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. better user growth.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2019

International: Success and Challenges of Lean Innovation and Customer Discovery in Europe and Asia [and South America? Lean Innovation in the Enterprise, Not-for-Profit and Government – what’s different. Australia?]. What’s next for Lean and entrepreneurial education.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

We ran the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps class October to December 2011. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. 19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Offer students an opportunity to engage in a national public service.

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Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 128

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and other government agencies.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Offer students an opportunity to engage in a national public service.

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Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Second, we wanted to teach students entrepreneurship while they engage in a national public service.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

They’re in Africa, they’re in South America, they are globally represented. We’re expanding beyond just the Indo Pacific because China has expanded far beyond the Indo Pacific. A Global Alliance has to consider where China is located.

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2016

The Navy calls its program Outreach: Americas Navy. It’s hard to spend time on a carrier and not be impressed with the Navy, and the dedicated people who man the carrier and serve their country. And of course that’s the purpose of the two-day tour.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro. Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.:

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

There’s almost $2 billion spent in North America on paying to play basketball. What we really found that our client was essentially the basketball league, and we could throw ourselves in the middle of the transaction.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Look at the history of America and what has been the role models or the examples of a way out for a lot of underrepresented entrepreneurs minorities? Even though we have all this information online, not everybody is aware or have access to this, and (on top of this there) is lack of role models … especially for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

In America, I think it’s money; if you can make money from your illness, then you are deemed a genius. . Also I have to work, to execute on that imagination, just so that I know I’m not suffering from the same illness, that if I execute then it’s real. Steve : There is a fine line between insanity and genius.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2013

Only In America. America was built by those who left the old behind. Not too many generations ago your family packed up what they had, got on boat and came to America. Entrepreneurs in America know that they get multiple shots at the goal. Where others see blank canvases, you’ll see finished paintings.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. Why will people from South America stream to Chile, besides its magnificent geography? Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment. Perhaps because the cost of a public failure is so high in Chile. See below.).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I’m teaching my first non-lean start up class in a decade at Stanford next week; Technology, Innovation and Modern War : Keeping America’s Edge in an Era of Great Power Competition. — Why This Course?

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2013

Only In America. America was built by those who left the old behind. Not too many generations ago your family packed up what they had, got on boat and came to America. Entrepreneurs in America know that they get multiple shots at the goal. Where others see blank canvases, you’ll see finished paintings.

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Minnesota Silicon Valley America Engineer 227

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Today if college students want to give back to their country, they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. And the result hasn’t been good for our country.

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