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Fly High

Steve Blank

The Coast Guard Academy opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. I was surprised how interested the faculty was in exploring whether the Capstone class could be modified to use the Customer Development process to get input from potential “customers” inside the Air Force. Air Force Customer Development Lean LaunchPad'

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Fly High

Steve Blank

The Coast Guard Academy opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. I was surprised how interested the faculty was in exploring whether the Capstone class could be modified to use the Customer Development process to get input from potential “customers” inside the Air Force. The Air Force, originally part of the U.S.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

checking out the shopping in Georgetown, saw beautiful horse country in Pennsylvania and upstate NY and headed down into the bays and coves of Connecticut filled with sailboats. We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

Principal Investigator: Yu Lei University of Connecticut. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Technology. Principal Investigator: Michael Shur Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Standoff detection of explosives using novel signal-amplifying nanocomposite and hand-held UV light. MEMS-based drug infusion pumps.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Everything Seth said is absolutely spot on, except I’d encourage founders to make sure they do some customer development (even in the consumer space) in parallel to cranking out the first product. Will be looking forward to seeing the next piece that you do. Andrew Holt I love these kinds of articles.