Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

These tools—Customer Development, Agile Engineering, and Business Model design—became the lean start-up methodology , a rigorous approach to testing hypotheses and building prototypes, and, on the basis of data and evidence, adjusting or pivoting to a variant of the original hypothesis. Scaling is the crux of ambidexterity.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

— I just watched a very smart company try to manage innovation by hiring a global consulting firm to offload engineering from “distractions.” This was a very large and established tech company; its engineering organization developed the core day-to-day capabilities of the organization. There’s a much better way.

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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. The future of the valley was clear – microwaves.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

They have hundreds, if not thousands, of engineers, world-class design studios, subject matter experts from supply chain to manufacturing. Internal R&D, labs, incubators, accelerators, corporate and business development, and M&A all play important roles in helping corporations innovate. Can the founders communicate well?

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Steve Blank

MAY 16, 2016

The first barrier to innovation is the Horizon 1 leadership conundrum. The same is true in most DOD/IC organizations: leadership has been promoted through the ranks for their ability to execute existing programs/missions. Horizon 3 organizations require Horizon 3 leadership (with Horizon 1 second in command.).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

And a company culture and values need to be design and engineered just like the product. . Looking to create their accelerator/incubator, Wayne and seven other founders rented a Silicon Valley house together one summer. Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture means that others will help when you’re starting up.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2018

Is your organization full of Hackathons, Shark Tanks, Incubators and other innovation programs, but none have changed the trajectory of your company/agency? Some examples of innovation tools are Customer Development, Design Thinking, User-Centric Design, Business Model Canvas, Storytelling, etc. Team-based Innovation.

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