Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. We could design and manufacture the best systems. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts.

Community 222

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 222

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the 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. Lean, MVPs and the DOD. And this idea of user-defined operating picture is with us today.

Artificial Inteligence 259

Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture 259

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Presentation Format.

Oakland 274

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 274

Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad. Now the team had a dilemma. These were big ideas.

Lean 120

Lean Kansas Government Afghanistan 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Note: The Hacking for Defense class was designed as “fundamental research” to be shared broadly and the results are not subject to restriction for proprietary or national security reasons. Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Southern California 170

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 170

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. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Silicon Valley 189

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 189

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Kuwait 120