Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

The premise of the class is that startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. One of the great things about the class is that the curriculum is evolving as fast as the teams are learning. Students were going to get a hands-on experience in how to start a new company. We Got Smarter Too.

Lean 256

Lean Business Model Agile United States 256

Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Seth Levine, a successful VC with the Foundry Group , wrote a great blog entry about all the hype going on currently in the startup world. If more people like Seth step up with their qualified voice, they could help save us from or lessen the big crash coming. I’ve been harping about this a lot (too much?) ” [link].

Software Review 26

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Due Diligence 26

OnlyOnce

MARCH 7, 2012

So shouldn’t we, when we enter into a long-term personal or professional employment relationship, just present our development plans as instruction manuals on how to best work with, live with, manage, us? ” The traditional onboarding process also doesn’t get into this.

Restful 80

Restful Employee Developer Hiring 80

Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2012

Much is being made about online learning and the actions by high profile professors and universities in extending their coursework and intellectual property beyond their recent boundaries (MITx, etc.) The three non-Stanford courses are in model thinking (Michigan), software as a service and computer vision (Berkeley).

Intellectual Property 34

Intellectual Property Wisconsin Michigan Massachusetts 34