Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. What a year.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

I-Corps uses Lean Startup methods to teach scientists how to turn their discoveries into entrepreneurial, job-producing businesses. But I haven’t forgotten that before everyone else thought that teaching scientists how to build companies using Lean Methods might be a good for the country, there was one congressman who got it first.

Lean 120

Lean Technical Review Government Programming 120

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

I began formulating the key ideas around what became the Lean Startup – that startups and existing companies were distinctly different – companies execute business models while startups search for them. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 433

wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup. by Word Sting in Lean Startup , Software copywriting , Copywriting for startups. Those that do will likely fall under the influence of the celebrated Lean Startup movement. Yet the company failed -- more of a fat startup than a lean startup.

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Lean Startup Software Review San Francisco 61

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.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 177

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 177

Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 177

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

The classes are built on the Lean Startup methodology: Customer Discovery, Agile Engineering and the Business/Mission Model Canvas. Rather than doing every demo of your MVP live, consider 1) recording it 2) highlighting the key points. Break your MVP demo into <1 minute segments. Take the time to zoom in.

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Customer Business Model Restful Video 413

Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. All the teams were showing us what agile looked like, but this week several would remind us what focused and relentless really meant. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. Week 6 of the class. Two weeks to go.

Channel 215

Channel Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Business Model 215

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery.

Oakland 326

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. I won’t apologize for this aspect of the Lean Startup methodology. Pivot or persevere?

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells a story of a journey of hard-won learning and discovery. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Team: Panacea.

Oakland 266

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Most important slide: live demo Prototype product Key questions: what will it take to ship a working product? How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Youre not one of those are you?)

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

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. 21 st Century Frogman.

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Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 182

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

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. Our mantra to the students was that we wanted them to learn about “Deployment not Demos.” Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey.

Southern California 163

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 163

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

universities teaching the Lean LaunchPad curriculum organized as I-Corps “nodes” across the U.S. The nodes are now offering their own regional versions of the Lean LaunchPad class under I-Corps. The program pays scientists $50,000 to attend the program and takes no equity. Currently there are 11 U.S.

Lean 262

Lean Washington Incubator Agile 262

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

No amount of learning how to get a VC meeting or improving your VC demo skills will fix the lack of concrete customer data. They will realize that you have built a startup that’s agile, resilient and customer-centric. Your presentation doesn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

You don't have an "edge" just because you're passionate, hard-working, or "lean.". Some head straight to the booth to get a demo; for many I give a private demo of the product on sofas in the hallway. Even "cool, agile" companies like 37signals are trapped. Anything you read on popular blogs is also read by everyone else.

Software Review 325

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Set up a booth, put up posters, run demos, etc. to optimize this search.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

And inviting to the booth/dinner/private demo. General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not. Demo’s are the heart of the booth. One of them is a loser.

Silicon Valley 128

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 128

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Lessons Learned – Not a Demo Day. Getting Lean. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

Silicon Valley 184

Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 184

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. If anyone is interested, the Wellington Lean Startup Meetup is a good place to start. Im particularly looking forward to inaugurating the Sydney Lean Startup meetup. In fact, you have to learn to adjust to the humility.

Australia 111

Australia Lean New Zealand San Francisco 111

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The class will be a version of the Lean LaunchPad class we developed in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program , (the entrepreneurship center at Stanford’s School of Engineering). And they’ll do this using the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. —– This is a big deal.

Engineer 278

Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 278

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Lessons Learned – Not a Demo Day. Getting Lean. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 120

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. They ran 10 in-store demos, which got them talking to 100s of more customers. The Lean LaunchPad class works for existing businesses as well as new startups. But Jon had much bigger ambitions. Lessons Learned.

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North America Lean Customer Development Distribution 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Together Pete, Joe Felter and I created Hacking for Defense , a nationwide program to teach university students how use Lean methodologies to solve defense and national security problems.

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Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 212

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Agile project management. Lean project management. Agile eLearning.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The Lean Startup is the way most innovators build startups and innovate inside of existing companies. With the goal of not just building a great demo but getting the product adopted and deployed. Here are our collective thoughts.

Business Model 120

Business Model Revenue Channel Community 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Approvals tended to be based on who had the best demo and/or slides or lobbied the hardest. A canonical Lean Innovation process inside a company or government agency would look something like this: Curation. Ironically, by standing still, they were falling behind. As the head of the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Incubator Curation Engineer Government 312

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. At Stanford our Lean Launchpad class ran an experiment that showed when “the boardroom is bits” can make a radical difference in the outcome of an early stage startup. Victor Hugo. When The Boardroom is Bits. We Ran the Experiment.

Silicon Valley 281

Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 281

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

The class will be a version of the Lean LaunchPad class we developed in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program , (the entrepreneurship center at Stanford's School of Engineering). And they'll do this using the business model-customer development-agile development solution stack. And Stanford's Lean LaunchPad class could do just that.

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Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Lean 118

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

And all too often in an agile approach, tweaks are made for business and dev requirements. There are proven development methodologies out there like Lean, Agile, Waterfall. Build demos with our in-browser code editor. Web Design. Web Development. iOS Development. Show search box. Search in: All. Navigation n Search.

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Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2016

A pivot is the lean methodology’s way to fire the plan without firing people. Pivots are what allows startups to be agile, and to move with speed and urgency. In slide 5 the team had a first demo of their MVP auto tracking of drones. This is what enables Lean teams to move with speed and urgency. They all come out of it.

Virginia 120

Virginia Lean Analytics Incubator 120

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2016

A pivot is the lean methodology’s way to fire the plan without firing people. Pivots are what allows startups to be agile, and to move with speed and urgency. In slide 5 the team had a first demo of their MVP auto tracking of drones. This is what enables Lean teams to move with speed and urgency. They all come out of it.

Virginia 120

Virginia Lean Analytics Incubator 120

VC Adventure

MARCH 15, 2017

Trello – collaborative task list for Teams, works well with Agile/Lean methodologies. or calendly – scheduling made easy, great for sales people, demos or office hours. TextExpander – store frequently types phrases/notes across all devices. Assistant Services. youcanbook.me

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Product Agile Lean Analytics 49

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

For example, you may find that, upon experimenting with chatbots, it increases demo signups to your SaaS product by ~3%. monthly email newsletter to entire subscriber list on X day each month) Dynamic workflows are more agile and flexible. Even startups with a lean marketing strategy invest in at least two or three channels.

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Software Review Technical Review San Diego Retention 143