Steve Blank

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. Reducing Startup Risk.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

A partnership of Startup Weekend , Startup America , TechStars and Udacity , Startup Weekend Next brings four weeks of amazing hands-on training learning to build your startup to cities around the world. The Big Idea – Incubators – Accelerators – and Something New. There is no guaranteed funding.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – Solving Foreign Policy Challenges with the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution. Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. Real Problems. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions.

Lean 160
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We Needed a Bigger Room – The Lean Educators Summit

Steve Blank

Customer Discovery and Lean Innovation in Academic Settings vs Non-Academic Settings such as incubators and accelerators. International: Success and Challenges of Lean Innovation and Customer Discovery in Europe and Asia [and South America? Tech Commercialization: innovators vs. entrepreneurs – motivating scientists and engineers.

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?????????? – Tenacity: How I Spent A Year One Night in Kiev

Steve Blank

Following two days with a dozen startups at a brand-new incubator in Kiev called “ Happy Farm ,” it was time to head to my next stop: Skolkovo , the private Moscow business school formed to bring Silicon Valley-quality training to young Russian entrepreneurs. The Professor can go home to America, but can not go from here to Russia.”

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When Krave Jerky Showed up in Class with a $435,000 Check

Steve Blank

I remind my students that I’m teaching them a methodology they can use the rest of their careers, not running an incubator. Hershey plans to operate Krave as a standalone business within its Hershey North America division. Every once in awhile a team ignores my advice and builds a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – Solving Foreign Policy Challenges with the Lean LaunchPad

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution. Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. Real Problems. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions.

Lean 120