Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

VC’s invested in things that ran on electrons: hardware, software and silicon. Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. Lean Angels.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue.

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Steve Blank

MAY 16, 2016

Why Innovation in Government Is Hard. This results not in innovation, but in Innovation Theater – lots of coffee cups, press releases, incubators and false hopes, but no real disruptive changes. They are beginning to consider whether they should pivot to become a drone software platform. See all the H4D posts here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad. 21 st Century Frogman. Sign up here.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Government grants – Credit cards / debt. The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. Has anyone found a referral program system that works great to generate new customers? How I can find the right investor (software)?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software.

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