Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were lucky to get a team of mentors (VC’s and entrepreneurs) who selflessly volunteered their time to help coach the teams. Four decades as part of the most successful advertising agencies in the world. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Follow Ben on Twitter @FederalLamm #ArtificialIntelligence #CEO #Space #Science #TomorrowingToday Brett Hurt is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in Austin. He’s an entrepreneur, investor, and author?—?seamlessly

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. After being ignored for decades, Boyd’s OODA Loop drove the U.S. war fighting strategy in both Gulf Wars. The OODA Loop was the Lean Startup philosophy before lean. soldiers were tasked to clear caves that the Taliban used to store equipment.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

If you’re an entrepreneur, ESL is the most important company you’ve never heard of. He was forced in to an internal exile to Groky (Nizhnij Novgorod) – a major industrial city closed to foreigners – about 300 mi east of Moscow in 1980 following his public protests against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

We had five goals for the class: Teach students Lean Innovation – the mindset, reflexes, agility and resilience an entrepreneur needs to make decisions at speed and with urgency in a chaotic and uncertain world. Offer students an opportunity to engage in a national public service.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

We had five goals for the class: Teach students Lean Innovation – the mindset, reflexes, agility and resilience an entrepreneur needs to make decisions at speed and with urgency in a chaotic and uncertain world. Offer students an opportunity to engage in a national public service.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2010

Nor are there few things that most entrepreneurs do as poorly. When the commanding general of the Afghanistan campaign saw this slide he remarked, “When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war.&#. There are few things you can do that are more important than delivering a good presentation. Entertain them.

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Small Business Force

MAY 21, 2017

Entrepreneurs can often take lessons from big companies about how to do certain things. And finally, just last week they charged a returning serviceman from Afghanistan $200 because his checked duffel bag was overweight. "The Entrepreneur's Yoda" knows these things. Not necessarily to follow, but learn from!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Martha deployed six times to the Middle East and Afghanistan, flying 325 combat hours in the A-10 attack plane, earning the Bronze Star and six air medals. Martha deploys six times to the Middle East and Afghanistan flying 325 combat hours in the A 10 attack plane ironing the Bronze Star and six air medals. Do your homework.

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Transformify

MARCH 3, 2022

First, it was the refugee crisis in Afghanistan when hundreds of thousands of people fled Afghanistan in fear of the Taliban regime. Now, Rebuild Lives is helping displaced Ukrainians register an Individual Entrepreneur status in Ukraine remotely, get a freelance job and be paid compliantly. The Solution. What about taxes?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2014

Previously Gabe served as a Captain in the Marine Corps for 8 years, spending 2 years between Iraq and Afghanistan operating on small, embedded advisor teams. Entrepreneur Marketing Plans Marketing Strategy Referral Marketing Small Business Success Gabriel Mays'

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2012

There was a sea change in thinking this year; social entrepreneurs seemed increasingly fascinated by the market as a mechanism to advance their social agendas. This year I observed a new breed of social entrepreneur—more entrepreneur than social. He has some interesting insights: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Buy these sandals and we'll contribute money to building schools in Afghanistan for girls who otherwise couldn't go to school. Maybe it's this entrepreneur. Maybe it's any of the hundreds of entrepreneurs I may work with. But as an entrepreneur you have to do that now. Buy a pair of socks, we'll give away a pair of socks.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

I had a great career as an entrepreneur, but always believed that at some point in your life you need to serve others – whether it’s God, country, community, or family. The unintended consequence of this decoupling is seemingly perpetual wars (we’ve been in Afghanistan for two decades).

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Soldier, Scholar, Entrepreneur. In 2010 Joe was in Afghanistan as the Commander of the Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

As an entrepreneur, Sal has always believed in thinking long-term. I think any entrepreneur has this delusional optimism that surely the world will recognize how valuable this is," he says. I think any entrepreneur has this delusional optimism that surely the world will recognize how valuable this is. So, I quit my day job.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Tom Cronin: Yeah, and that’s an important thing for anyone that’s listening in business or entrepreneur is that, it wasn’t the job that was the problem. John Jantsch: So you didn’t necessarily just chuck what you were doing, you just changed your lifestyle. Tom Cronin: Yeah, we’ve got some amazing stories.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were lucky to get a team of mentors (VC’s and entrepreneurs) who selflessly volunteered their time to help coach the teams. Steve is CEO of MovieLabs the joint R&D lab of all the major motion picture studios. Jeff served in the U.S.

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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.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners their inspirational leaders and here’s what they had to say; #1- Bob Dole. As an entrepreneur, I have to push my limitations and continue to move forward even in the face of challenges. I look up to him as a leader because he is a very successful entrepreneur. 2- Simon Sinek.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2010

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

He is husband, father, former Army captain who served in Afghanistan. John Jantsch: I think that’s a true, again, going back to entrepreneurs, I think that is a true leadership lesson. Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Jason Kander.

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