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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Tom Bedecarré , the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Tom Bedecarré the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Tom Bedecarré was the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Four decades as part of the most successful advertising agencies in the world.

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