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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. That’s a lean business plan.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Following Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with the students early in the quarter, Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken paid a visit to the class in Week 7 and four foreign ministers in week 8. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Following Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with the students early in the quarter, Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken paid a visit to the class in Week 7 and four foreign ministers in week 8. Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department.

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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

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Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. If you have a business idea, write a quick business plan—a Lean Plan.

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

Steve Blank

State Department and asks students to use Lean Methods to test their understanding of the problem and deliver rapid-fire innovative solutions to pressing diplomacy, development and foreign policy challenges. The State Department has four main foreign policy goals: Protect the United States and Americans.

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Hacking for Allies

Steve Blank

We benefit because it helps the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO) standardize on equipment and our allies’ industrial capacity, capability and workforce can complement those of the United States. For example, today it takes 7 to 10 years for a company in Norway to sell into the U.S. defense market. defense market.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

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One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. .