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The Lean LaunchPad Class: It’s the same, but different

Steve Blank

In my experience, I saw that most business plans don’t survive first contact with customers. So in 2011, with support from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford Engineering School), we created a new capstone entrepreneurship class – the Lean LaunchPad. Class Velocity/Depth.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery. How would customer interviews work via video? All the presentations are worth a watch.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery. If you can’t see the four videos of General Mattis click here for the entire talk. What a year.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

Are DEMOs days numbered? Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. You can always check out the current and prior product demos at the DEMO site. It was the 15th anniversary and they made a big deal branding the event as Demo@15.

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The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught

Steve Blank

Founders of startups (and new ventures inside existing companies) are searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. At the start of the 21st century, after two decades and 8 startups, I retired and had time to think about how VCs directed their startups using business plans. experiential.

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First (and not last) time at iOSDevCamp 2011

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

I saw the potential in helping other people and a possible business model. After lunch, the demos started. I’m sure that there is some video of all the presentations, so look for us! At around 8:30pm, “pitchers&# went one by one pitching their app idea. One that caught my eye was a lost and found app.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells a story of a journey of hard-won learning and discovery. If you can’t see the video of Palmer Luckey click here. If you can’t see the Panacea 2-minute video click here.

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