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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

It has replaced how to write a business plan with hands-on Lean Startup methods. To create great entrepreneurs, we had to give our students the experience of navigating the chaos and uncertainty of running a lean startup while providing the same kind of rigorous framework the business plan did in its day. Today the U.C.

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Why Internal Ventures are Different from External Startups

Steve Blank

In this post, I want to share some new thoughts that build on Steve’s post, and connect them to Lean Startup methods. One memorable example of this was Xerox’s internal venture capital fund, Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). This suggests a further modification to Lean Startup: Get Upstairs in the Building.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Now we have ditched the cold war triad in the 21st century since the Soviet Union became Russia again and discovered its own style of capitalism.) Think of the most amazing spectrum analyzer you could build with 1960s technology. Then think some more. Reply Ben C. , The Story Behind the Secret History Part II.

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

Steve Blank

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. military had to develop new ways to collect intelligence.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Early Stage Startup , Tips for Startups « The Curse of a New Building Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 1 » 33 Responses William , on May 18, 2009 at 5:44 am Said: Heh.

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