Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

” She looked at bit puzzled, so I continued to explain… One of the virtues of using the Business Model Canvas as part of a Lean Startup is that it helps you frame each one of your nine critical hypotheses. So What Does this Have to Do With A Founding Team?

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Founder Intellectual Property Business Model 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Product Development 177

Product Development Cost Developer Product 177

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion to make decisions and change the world with no investors to lean on or blame.

Equity 349

Equity Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity 349

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We’re teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. A lean rollout for a startup would be 4-5 sales people plus 2-3 clinical applications specialists at a cost of ~$2.5 million/year.

Distribution 224

Distribution Channel Lean Intellectual Property 224

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

I earnestly believe that large corporations should emulate Lean Startups (Business model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering.) If I were starting a corporate innovation program today, I’d use the Lean LaunchPad classes as the starting framework. Developing a program to generate new ideas is the easy part.

Programming 265

Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 265

VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2024

Both startups and large tech companies leaned in hard, incorporating automation tools and generative AI applications across verticals. However, significant challenges remain around bias, misinformation, and intellectual property, in addition to the yet unknown impact of incoming regulation.

Generative AI 139

Generative AI Video Intellectual Property Artificial Inteligence 139

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion to make decisions and change the world with no investors to lean on or blame.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Now if you’re looking for an active plan that you can edit and adjust over time, you may want to consider creating a lean plan. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents.

Software Review 153

Software Review Exit Strategy Technical Review Business Plan 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Commit to a major customer. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

For the past three years the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps has been teaching our nations best scientists how to build a Lean Startup. also have to understand the complexities of reimbursement, regulation, intellectual property and clinical trials. Hobart Harris led one of the teams.

Intellectual Property 254

Intellectual Property Lean Business Model Mobile 254

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

Now you can watch Part 2 “ The Lean Approach “ This group of six videos provides an overview of how to successfully do Customer Discovery. These “ Startup and The Lean Approach ” videos are a great general purpose companion to my “ How to Build a Startup ” lectures on Udacity. Module 1, The Lean Method.

Intellectual Property 328

Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development Acquisition 328

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2014

And I’m in good company – also in the series is Noam Wasserman of Harvard teaching Founder’s Dilemmas , Craig Wortmann University of Chicago covering Entrepreneurial Selling , Peter McDermott helping understand Intellectual Property , and Nathan Gold offering how to give Powerful Presentations.

Founder 327

Founder Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 327

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

In 2020, data breaches are among the greatest cybersecurity concerns, with health records, corporate intellectual property, smart cars, and connected devices being the most vulnerable targets. In other words, the opportunities for data breaches are increasing and the methods to do so are becoming more and more intricate. 5G Network.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. I call them “ Lean VC’ s” to emphasize why they’re different. (In Lean VC’s are Different. Here’s why.

Lean 258

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Once you’ve built out your Pitch, continue working on creating your Lean Plan. Set up a business bank account.

Software Review 60

Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property Guerilla 60

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The startups in our Lean LaunchPad classes and the NSF I-Corps incubator use LaunchPad Central to collect a continuous stream of data across all the teams. Recently we ran a Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences class with 26 teams of clinicians and researchers at UCSF. Investment Readiness Level (IRL) for Corporations and Investors.

Incubator 310

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 310

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you simply want to map out the aspects of your business for internal use, you can consider a Lean Business Plan. Intellectual property : List any patents you have or have pending, and mention any core technology you are licensing from another company. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan.

Business Plan 154

Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

San Diego 261

San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 261

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2013

While it’s true that communities of like-minded people exist both in the real world and online, it’s a rare innovator who’ll be willing to divulge the details of his work, especially in an age when more people than ever play fast and loose with intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Widget Advertising Social Media 149

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The class will be a version of the Lean LaunchPad class we developed in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program , (the entrepreneurship center at Stanford’s School of Engineering). They may decide to license their intellectual property based on their research. And Stanford’s Lean LaunchPad class could do just that.

Engineer 278

Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 278

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

——— 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: [.]

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 225

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

The Lean Startup. The Lean Startup was created by Eric Ries, a NY Times best-selling author and startup guru. Through The Lean Startup, Ries explains not only what makes a successful foundation for any business, but how to real an efficient business. Some offer incredible value while others fall short. How to Build a Startup.

Intellectual Property 73

Intellectual Property Startup Lean Business Model 73

Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

Keep the deal a secret even as the buyer leans in? You know that the buyer will be crawling the offices with legal and accounting personnel, reviewing contracts, financials, governance documentation, intellectual property, leases, and much more. How do you explain this if not by making a general announcement?

Due Diligence 71

Due Diligence Intellectual Property SEC Lean 71

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion to make decisions and change the world with no investors to lean on or blame.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

An example was that while we were in the seed round at Ring and followed in the A, B, C and D … we were also able to lean into the E round when Jamie really wanted to scale up his funding and the final check was still > 420% IRR!

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps is a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Is their any patentable Intellectual Property? Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. This post is part two. Part one is here. Syllabus here. Make charcoal? What was their Value Chain?

Business Model 234

Business Model Intellectual Property Lean Wiki 234

Up and Running

JULY 12, 2016

For lean business plans, operational plans, and strategic plans to be used by startup founders, owners, and management team, company history may be overkill. It includes details about the legal entity, ownership, history, intellectual property, and important assets.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Lean 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition.

Cloud 228

Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 228

Campus Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2013

– BBC News – ‘Why I 3D printed an iPhone shoe’ Disruption in Higher Education General Thoughts Intellectual Property Lean Startup'

Intellectual Property 39

Intellectual Property Video Lean Startup 39