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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors. We didn’t know it at the time, but with that investment we had paid for front-row VIP seats to witness the origins of Customer Development and the Lean Startup.

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Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations – part 2 of 2

Steve Blank

The DentalOptics customer discovery narrative blog is here. They spoke to 105 customers and surveyed 98 more. You can watch as this team pivots through Customer Segments by clicking through their business model canvases at the end of presentation. The MiCasa customer discovery narrative blog is here.

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Innovation – something both parties can agree on

Steve Blank

IN 2012, Representative Dan Lipinski (D-Il), co-chair of the House STEM Education Caucus, got on an airplane and flew to Stanford to see the class first-hand. For the first few years Lipinski was a lonely voice in Congress saying that we’ve found a better way to train our scientists to create companies and jobs.

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Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations – part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. The 2012 Stanford Lean LaunchPad Presentations. The class is intensely and deliberately experiential to develop the mindset, reflexes, agility and resilience an entrepreneur needs to search for certainty in a chaotic world.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 45: Dan Miller and Brian Zuercher

Steve Blank

And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. Brian Zuercher is the CEO and co-founder of Seen , a marketing software platform that is helping marketers tell the story of their brand and build relationships with their customers through consumer generated photos and videos.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

business models. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. business models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' The first is the lack of creativity.

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Innovation – something both parties can agree on

Steve Blank

IN 2012, Representative Dan Lipinski (D-Il), co-chair of the House STEM Education Caucus, got on an airplane and flew to Stanford to see the class first-hand. For the first few years Lipinski was a lonely voice in Congress saying that we’ve found a better way to train our scientists to create companies and jobs.

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