Steve Blank

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Janesville – A Story About the Rest of America

Steve Blank

I got to see the peak of America’s manufacturing prowess in the 1970s, when we actually made things – before we shipped the factories and jobs overseas. First , America was built on workers who believed that their hard work would allow their children to have opportunities to do better. The Janesville’s across the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

You must also understand the value the product provides customers (along with the rest of your business model.). Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. If you’re a technical startup founder, one of the painful lessons is that it’s not enough just to build a great product.

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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. They refined their branding, got a better handle on who their customers were, and in a real-time example for the rest of the class – had a full blown crisis. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Open Source Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

So for the rest of us I put together this Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley. TechStars and Startup America are partnering to provide mentors in the U.S. The Guide tab on the top of this page? Updates and suggestions for places to see that I’ve missed are welcomed on the Guide comments page. Secret History of Silicon Valley.

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

Steve Blank

The rest of the week is equally busy. Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. And that’s just on Monday. Hacking for Diplomacy. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions. National Service.

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

Steve Blank

The rest of the week is equally busy. Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps. And that’s just on Monday. Hacking for Diplomacy. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions. National Service.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

The Navy calls its program Outreach: Americas Navy. At each stop an officer or enlisted man gave us an articulate description of what equipment we were looking at and how it fit into the rest of the carrier. And of course that’s the purpose of the two-day tour.