Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10 weeks. While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab. The discoveries in tube and circuit research suggested new electronic intelligence and countermeasure techniques and systems; in turn the needs of the Applied Lab pushed tube and circuit development. It’s amazing this guy ever slept.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

government reengineered its approach to building weapons. In a major break from the past, where the military designed all its own weapons, 10,000 scientists and engineers from academia worked in civilian-run weapons labs (most headquartered in universities) in an organization called the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. — When Michael and his father started the Robert Mondavi Winery, few people were drinking California wines.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. — When Michael and his father started the Robert Mondavi Winery, few people were drinking California wines.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes.

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