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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The University of Maryland is now integrating the Lean LaunchPad ® into standard innovation and entrepreneurship courses across all 12 colleges within the University. Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

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The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs.

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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

I’ve known Edmund Pendleton from the University of Maryland as the Director of the D.C. National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). Here’s Edmund’s description of the I-Corps Lite program. were funded by the SBIR program.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. to put together a mentorship program [for academic scientists]. Steve Weinstein , CEO of MovieLabs.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

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The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. See the Hemafuse pitch in the category of Health, Wearables & Wellbeing Technology (5 pm to 6 pm Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. The majority of our $2.9M

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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