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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

kaChing has been very active in the Lean Startup movement. With case studies like this, we aim to illustrate specific Lean Startup techniques through the stories of current practitioners. First, because the amateurs weren’t SEC-registered, the site had to refer to them with awkward terms like “geniuses.&#

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

For Biotech: Ben Kirukup – senior biologist US Navy, Ed You – FBI Special Agent Biological Countermeasures Unit, Deborah Rosenblum – Asst Sec of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Joe DeSimone – Professor Chemical Engineering.

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Video update on the Startup Visa Act

Startup Lessons Learned

<30 sec) Write your local newspaper & tell them you support the Startup Visa Act Call your senators & let them know you support Startup Visa legislation Add the Startup Visa Widget to your blog or website Follow the #startupvisa hash tag on Twitter and voice your support Contribute to Startup Visa so we can spread the word!

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

Once we saw this evidence, we thought, "Wait a sec, we can actually do something about it." Eric Ries : That's a technique and a form of social engineering, almost, that is usually thought of as coming from the software world. I think once we lean on the community, the community really has uplifted us to an even more promising stage.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Steve Blank

Lean, MVPs and the DOD. In commercial tech you call that an integrated product team, It’s acquisition with software engineering with UI/UX. You don’t have any people, you don’t have any money, you don’t have anywhere to live, but you’ll figure it out.”. Project Maven became the basis for what we did in the JAIC.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Stanford and MIT were building on the technology breakthroughs of World War II and graduating a generation of engineers into a consumer and cold war economy that seemed limitless. Communication between scientists, engineers and corporations were relatively open, and ideas flowed freely. There was none.