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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

With hundred of thousands of global practitioners, the supply of ideas and best practices is endless. Every year, our team conducts more than 500 customer development calls to understand what challenges the community is facing. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Of course, bringing startups (whether prospective or existing portfolio companies) closer to operating divisions has business and customer development benefits. Can the founders communicate well?