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

Steve Blank

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? One team closed a $200k seed round in the middle of the class. Result: Hell yes.

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

Steve Blank

Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? One team closed a $200k seed round in the middle of the class. Result: Hell yes.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University. these devices all need human instruction to enable correct and desired operation. No logins, no codes, just raw uncensored internet access. Expo SF (May.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

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. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. of Management Science and Engineering. 21 st Century Frogman.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. These solutions, called Minimal Viable Products (MVP’s), are what allow the teams to become extremely agile and responsive. As an example, Team Aggregate DB was working with the State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. These solutions, called Minimal Viable Products (MVP’s), are what allow the teams to become extremely agile and responsive. As an example, Team Aggregate DB was working with the State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).