Customer Development, Entrepreneur, Government and Security

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Hacking for Defense has teams of students working to understand and solve national security problems. This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10 weeks. This was my sixth time teaching a virtual class during the lockdown – and for our students likely their 15th or more.

Lean

Lean Security Asia SBIR

The Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. What I found in Finland was: a whole lot of smart, passionate entrepreneurs who want to build a startup hub in Helsinki. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

Finland

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia

Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I presented to 1,000’s of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had 9 interviews, chatted with 8 VC’s, sat on 4 panels, talked policy with 2 government ministers, 2 members of parliament, 1 head of a public pension fund and was in 1 TV-documentary. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives.

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Finland Naming Russia Government

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Second, doing customer discovery via video actually increased the number of interviews the students were able to do each week. The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc.

Oakland

Oakland Asia Lean Video

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. Almost every entrepreneur I met was using VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall. Perhaps it’s the weather. Management 101.

China

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. Almost every entrepreneur I met was using VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall. Perhaps it’s the weather. Management 101.

China

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property

The Helsinki Spring

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany."

Finland

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia

NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

It said, “teach us to number our days that we gain a heart of wisdom “ Since then I’ve had a series of interesting careers: technician in the Air Force, tech writer, marketer, entrepreneur, CEO and now educator and mentor. That means you have about 21,000 days left – and about 14,000 of them for your career.

Lean

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Followed by an 8-minute slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea. Team: Embargo NK.

Oakland

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan

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

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

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. And some of it could be in development.

Small Business Administration

Small Business Administration SBIR United States Entrepreneur

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

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.

Silicon Valley

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Fly High

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Out of the airport the first stop was in Denver – an impromptu meetup at Galvanize and a fireside chat with a roomful of 200 great entrepreneurs. with the product built incrementally and iteratively, as students acquire more customer feedback. Military Academies. Then it was on to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy.

Silicon Valley

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Next on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere : Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology ; and Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately.

Silicon Valley

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects after this class. First was to teach students to develop the mindset, reflexes, agility and resilience an entrepreneur needs to make decisions at speed and with urgency in a chaotic and uncertain world. What Were Our Goals for this Class?

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Agile Security Audio Video

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Next on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere : Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology ; and Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean

Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. Masato Iino has been entrepreneur of a couple of startups and an investor for the last twenty years. Takashi and Masato founded Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab (LEL) in 2014. Listen to my entire chat with Matt.

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Fly High

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Out of the airport the first stop was in Denver – an impromptu meetup at Galvanize and a fireside chat with a roomful of 200 great entrepreneurs. with the product built incrementally and iteratively, as students acquire more customer feedback. Military Academies. Then it was on to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut

Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors. Teten: The new generation of entrepreneurs is asking more from their investors than just money. What do they offer entrepreneurs that independent VCs cannot, and how does that position them uniquely in the innovation economy?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

military, the CIA and the National Security Agency. Next, Terman used his military contacts to secure funding for the Lab from the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force and the Army Signal Corps. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan.

Silicon Valley

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Why Innovation Heroes are a Sign of a Dysfunctional Organization

Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2021

A week ago I got invited to an “innovation hero” award ceremony at a government agency. The award was for an entrepreneur who worked against all odds to buck the system to turn her insight into an application. Ultimately, the root cause was the entire government agency lacked an Innovation Doctrine.

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Non-Compete Government Incubator Design

Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

To an early observer, it would have seemed obvious that Route 128 had all the advantages: a head start, more government and military funding, and far more established companies. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

Silicon Valley

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. The Hacking for Defense class was designed as “fundamental research” to be shared broadly and the results are not subject to restriction for proprietary or national security reasons. This is the End.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego

10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Up until today, I consider all four a must-read for any entrepreneur or anyone looking into entrepreneurship. We all know these people, most often working at large corporates or even the government. Don’t be like us and ask other entrepreneurs for advice so you can overcome obvious pitfalls. Every now and then I run into them.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. Watching them I was left with wonder and awe about what they accomplished in 10 weeks.

Southern California

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR

Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Don’t share the details of your manufacturing process with customers until you’ve locked up your intellectual property.” Government Regulations I turned to the class and said, “The rest of you can keep building your company and shipping your product because you don’t need to worry about government regulations.

Vertical

Vertical Silicon Valley Intellectual Property RSS

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

Technical Review

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

How and why the State Department is involving the nation’s top innovators in its efforts was the focus of my interview with Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Then the question is, will their governments allow them to use it and if not, are there workarounds? . From 2002-08 Sec.

North Korea

North Korea SEC Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

McMicking and Terman introduced Ampex to the National Security Agency, and Ampex sales boomed when their audio and video recorders became the standard for Electronic Intelligence and telemetry signal collection recorders. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. In response, one of the many U.S.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley SBIC San Francisco RSS

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. A Harvard Business School professor and early evangelist for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, Doriot was the Fred Terman of the East Coast. military and intelligence agencies and defense contractors.

Silicon Valley

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? 5 Comments 30 Answers Tristan Kromer , I help entrepreneurs find co-founders. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?"

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

The Helsinki Spring

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

The Helsinki Spring

NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

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

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Fly High

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Lessons Learned Presentations

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Fly High

Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Why Innovation Heroes are a Sign of a Dysfunctional Organization

Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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