Acquisition, Agile, Lean and Security

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Hacking for Defense has teams of students working to understand and solve national security problems. While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

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Lean Security Asia SBIR

Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

HR processes, legal processes, financial processes, acquisition and contracting processes, security processes, product development and management processes, and types of organizational forms etc. The result is that legacy systems live on as an albatross and an impediment to making the country safer and more secure.

Government

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique.

Oakland

Oakland Asia Lean Video

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

We just held our seventh session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Lean, MVPs and the DOD. In commercial tech you call that an integrated product team, It’s acquisition with software engineering with UI/UX. AI and The Department of Defense. We started with a cross-functional team.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Space had long been part of the Air Force and the thought was, we really need to elevate space to a level commensurate with its importance to national security. Today’s topic was The Space Force and Modern War.

Technology

Technology United States Iraq Operations

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

Lean

Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

Lean

Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. 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. Team: Panacea.

Oakland

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan

Resilience in Business: What I Learned From Failing My Way Into a Six-Figure Freelance Startup

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This actually aligns closely with the Lean Planning approach, which allows your business to be more agile and make adjustments as you test your idea in the market. The faster I did that, the more high paying clients I secured. What helped me to succeed in my freelance business was my strategic approach to customer acquisition.

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Acquisition Startup Engineer Metrics

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Join a select cross-disciplinary class that will put you hands-on with the masters of lean innovation to help bring rapid-fire innovative solutions to address threats to our national security. Targeting, assessments, technology, recipes, and tactics all flow at the speed of a Lean Startup. We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley North Korea Agile Lean

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. We had more applicants (70+) for the 32 seats in this class than we usually get in our Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship class. Result: Hell yes.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. We had more applicants (70+) for the 32 seats in this class than we usually get in our Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship class. Result: Hell yes.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. 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. Team: TrackID. (Our

Southern California

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. Their sponsors agreed. This is the End.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego

Fly High

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. First, I got to meet the faculty in both electrical/computer engineering and management and share what I’ve learned about Lean and the Lean LaunchPad class.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Over half the student teams have decided to continue working on national security projects after this class. First was to teach students to develop the mindset, reflexes, agility and resilience an entrepreneur needs to make decisions at speed and with urgency in a chaotic and uncertain world. This post is a continuation of the series.

Agile

Agile Security Audio Video

Fly High

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. First, I got to meet the faculty in both electrical/computer engineering and management and share what I’ve learned about Lean and the Lean LaunchPad class.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut

Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. No need to worry about security and such. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? great web customer acquisition tutorials. Agile project management. Lean project management.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Resilience in Business: What I Learned From Failing My Way Into a Six-Figure Freelance Startup

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Lessons Learned Presentations

Fly High

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