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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

Lean 335
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Lean Innovation Management – Making Corporate Innovation Work

Steve Blank

government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel.

Lean 120
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The Mission Model Canvas – An Adapted Business Model Canvas for Mission-Driven Organizations

Steve Blank

As we prepared for the new Hacking for Defense class at Stanford, we had to stop and ask ourselves: How do we use the Business Model Canvas if the primary goal is not to earn money, but to fulfill a mission? In other words, how can we adapt the Business Model Canvas when the metrics of success for an organization is not revenue?

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The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught

Steve Blank

Business plans presume that building a startup is a series of predictable steps requiring execution of a plan which assumes a series of known facts: known customers, known features, known pricing, known distribution channel. The reality is that most business plans don’t survive first contact with customers.

Lean 436
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The Fatal Flaw of the Three Horizons Model and How To Fix It

Steve Blank

It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency. However, in the 21 st century the Three Horizons model has a fatal flaw that could put companies out of business and government agencies behind their adversaries.

China 301
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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources.