Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. control the timing and tempo of military competition and operations.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 361

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

State Regulation In addition to federal laws, each State has its own regulatory environment that applies to businesses operating within the state in areas such as land-use , zoning, motor vehicles, state banking, building codes, public utilities, drug laws, etc. In the U.S. These agencies exist because Congress passed laws.

Washington 271

Washington Government Marketing Silicon Valley 271

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Their financial models are based on membership fees that grant access to a shared coworking space, resources, and access to other founders and operational expertise. That’s because unlike accelerators, which operate on a six- to 12-week cadence, studios don’t have a set timeframe. Carlos stirred his coffee.

Technical Cofounder 346

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 346

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

compete more effectively through new operational concepts, organizations, and/or strategies. Class Organization. By week 2 of the class students formed teams around a specific technology challenge facing a US government agency and worked throughout the course to develop their own proposals to help the U.S. national security issues.

Technical Review 353

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 353

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our sixteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

Acquisition 284

Acquisition Technical Review Technology Security 284

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints.

Government 308

Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 308

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

Today’s environment requires separate systems for innovation and execution that operate with parallel and sometimes overlapping processes. . —– Next up we’ll dig into how the innovation pipeline serves a parallel process for managing innovation. Enterprise Innovation for the 21st Century.

Curation 344

Curation Technical Review Lean Australia 344

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

That year, as management tried to coordinate all the operating details across all the divisions, the company almost went bankrupt when poor planning led to excess inventory, with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash.

Michigan 268

Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 268

Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. What if our assumptions about the survivability of these naval platforms and the ability of our marines to operate, were based on incorrect assumption about our investments in material, operational concepts and mental models?

Agile 369

Agile China Artificial Inteligence Taiwan 369

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Board skills (Startup coaching, mentoring, strategy, operational/growth). venture/operating partners to get them into new industries. Fund raising skills. associates and put them on a long career path.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

Both are wakeup calls that victory and deterrence in modern war will be determined by a state’s ability to both use traditional weapons systems and simultaneously rapidly acquire, deploy, and integrate commercial technologies (drones, satellites, targeting software, et al) into operations at every level. The DoD has not done either of these.

Ukraine 273

Ukraine China Taiwan Russia 273

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2024

Navy) There are several theories of how innovation in military doctrine and new operational concepts occur. Or a military service can generate innovation internally when senior military officers recognize the doctrinal and operational implications of new capabilities, e.g., Rickover and the Nuclear Navy.

China 182

China Artificial Inteligence Afghanistan Ukraine 182

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For medical devices it might be mechanical engineering, clinical trials, regulatory approval, freedom to operate (intellectual property) and figuring out a reimbursement strategy. Therefore the ideal medical device team might be a physician; engineer; operator; business development/financial analyst. Are We Missing A Founder?

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Founder Intellectual Property Business Model 335

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. Jeff Decker a Stanford social science researcher. Jeff served in the U.S.

Oakland 301

Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And that has happened to us.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

In addition, teams worked on understanding the costs and operations and deployment timelines for delivering the product to their sponsor. Slides 5-8 continued their learning about partnerships, and slides 9-11 are a great first pass on costs and financial and operations timeline. Slides 4 -6 summarized their costs and operating plan.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Nations decline when they lose allies, decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century); a nations military can miss disruptive technology transitions and new operational concepts. It’s an idea that has caught fire.

Technology 392

Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 392

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). the operating executives who reported to them believe it’s their turn to run the company (often with the blessing of the ex CEO). And that brings us to Apple, Tim Cook and the Apple board.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). the operating executives who reported to them believe it’s their turn to run the company (often with the blessing of the ex CEO). And that brings us to Apple, Tim Cook and the Apple board.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). . — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. Beth Comstock is out.

Institutional Investors 233

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 233

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And by product, I mean the creation of new hardware, services, software, tools, operations, tradecraft, etc. As companies and government agencies get larger, they start to value the importance of “process” over the “product.” People who manage processes are not the same people as those who create product.

Government 315

Government Technical Review Acquisition Metrics 315

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In class six we discussed unmanned systems and autonomy and how the advent of these weapons will change operational concepts and the face of war. He was a past Director, Plans and Operations, for Cyber Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. support joint force commanders with cyberspace operations, and.

Technology 307

Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 307

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The Joint Chiefs have no operational authority over troops. Global Integration of Operational Plans.

Technology 217

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Operations 217

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Institutional inertia is a social problem.

Technology 335

Technology North Korea Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence 335

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Like jazz musicians or improv actors, they prefer to operate in a chaotic environment with multiple unknowns. Founders and entrepreneurial employees prefer operating in a chaotic environment with multiple unknowns. Founders fit the definition of an artist: they see – and create– something that no one else does.

Agile 332

Agile Customer Development Early Stage Business Model 332

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Read about all the class sessions here.

Technology 228

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 228

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Often they have brought in an operating executive as the new CEO. Usually it’s up to the CTO or the operating executive who wanted the innovative technology (and at times with a formal HR integration process) to decide the fate of the startup inside the acquiring company. Predicting Success or Failure of an Acquisition.

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

And if they’re smart they’ll teach Horizon 1 teams to operate with mission and intent , not just process and procedure.). They operate with speed and urgency to find a repeatable and scalable business model. Horizon 1 operates on goals and incentives. Here the company is essentially incubating a startup.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In sharp contrast, start-ups operate in “search/ explore ” mode, seeking a repeatable and profitable business model. Most R&D budgets in established companies are spent on sustaining innovations that support existing products and operating divisions and the attendant processes and procedures, rigorous measurement, and controls.

Incubator 402

Incubator Lean Agile Business Model 402

Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

As they proceeded with customer discovery, the team found that the majority of the operators who would wear these sensors were ambivalent about the introduction of a vitals monitoring platform, but were much more excited about solving geolocation problems. Their key take-away was that they would have to decide which beneficiary to focus on.

Afghanistan 120

Afghanistan Iraq Technical Review Social Media 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

As they proceeded with customer discovery, the team found that the majority of the operators who would wear these sensors were ambivalent about the introduction of a vitals monitoring platform, but were much more excited about solving geolocation problems. Their key take-away was that they would have to decide which beneficiary to focus on.

Afghanistan 120

Afghanistan Iraq Technical Review Social Media 120

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Team 1: Precision Match (AI for DoD Operations) Click here to see the presentation. Their policy presentations are below. The class is as exhausting to teach as it to take. We have an awesome set of teaching assistants.

Technology 254

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Russia 254

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. We just held our third session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

Technology 397

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam 397

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2011

He hired an operating exec as the CEO a few years ago. If they’re an operating exec brought in to replace a founding technical CEO, then it looks like an easy decision – just listen to your engineering VP compare the schedule for a rewrite (short) against the schedule of adapting the old code to the new purpose (long.)

Part-Time VPE 318

Part-Time VPE Agile Engineer Startup 318

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

First, he says, the focus of an established firm is to execute an existing business model — to make sure it operates efficiently and satisfies customers. And in that context, he cites three major reasons why established companies struggle to innovate.

Business Model 332

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 332

Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

government is still operating like a 20 th century organization while our adversaries are operating at 21 st century speed. Shortly after that, I met Pete Newell , the retired head of the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force – one of the best Lean and agile organizations in the military – and I met Joe Felter an ex Special Forces Colonel.

Lean 221

Lean Technical Review Vietnam Engineer 221

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I could recite requirements and concepts of operations from memory. Requirements and a concept of operations are presented at the first, the System Requirements Review. I was in the thick of it – chairing telecons, tracking action items, and drafting test plans. I was busy.

Lean 262

Lean Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 262