Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 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. John Raymond , Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force. Our guest speaker was Gen. Strategic Command.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

In January 2019, the meeting scheduling company Doodle released its The State of Meetings Report and estimated that “pointless meetings will cost companies $541 billion in 2019.” While you are defining and fine-tuning the best practices and operations for your business, implement strong meeting practices with your team.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It is generally accepted that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , was first seen in Wuhan, China, during the last days of 2019. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. Implement the “lean startup” philosophy. It’s vital to be aware of the fact that agile iterations are not random and haphazard.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But there is also opportunity in lean times. 2019: Profitability Rears Its Ugly Head. VC backed funding continues full speed ahead, by midyear total US VC funding is on pace for >$120B, and 2018-2019 look to be shaping up as the first ever back to back years above $100B. Survival is the order of the day.

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