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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum. — Over the last three years the Lean LaunchPad class has started to replace the last century’s “how to write a business plan” classes as the foundation for entrepreneurial education. . The Lean LaunchPad is now being taught in over 100 universities.

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Qualcomm’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – Lessons Learned (Part 2)

Steve Blank

Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone. 2) We should have had buy-in about the value of disruptive new business models, design and open innovation thinking. 3) We unknowingly set up an organizational conflict on day one.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. EE Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:30 am Said: [.]

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

He did it so well and with such a smile on his face, that we started adding on more responsibilities, ultimately putting him in charge of our IP violations process. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool. He is friendly, efficient, and always ready to help his team in delivering great customer service.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It’s interesting that large organizations with lots of intellectual property don’t systematically examine what they can combine to innovate. Then, make a list next to it of your existing products and IP portfolio. Maybe it’s because concept blends across very different domains are not intuitive.

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Digital Technology MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation. MoshPit has teams combine new technology with existing processes, products, IP, market insights, and services, in an exhaustive way.

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Innovation MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Organizational IP. There is no reason why a MoshPit session can’t be done within any other innovation method, be it Design Thinking, Lean, or whatever your organization uses. Global Trends. Consumer Insights. New Materials or Science. Set B — Domains of Concepts Inside Your Organization. Unique Org Capabilities.