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Hacking for Defense @ StanfordĀ 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Did you encounter organizational inertia?